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Noun: disc drive
  1. (computing) computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
    "The laptop's disc drive stored all his important documents";
    - disk drive, hard drive, Winchester drive, HDD, hard disk drive

Derived forms: disc drives

Type of: drive

Encyclopedia: Disc drive