Portable drive

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Definitions

• An external disk drive that is plugged into a port on a computer, typically a USB or FireWire port. Typically used for backup, but also as secondary storage. Such units rival internal drives in capacity. ^[1]

See also

• Disk drive
• Floppy drive
• Jaz drive
• Magneto-optical drive
• Portable drive
• Storage device
• Tape drive
• Zip drive

1. ^[1] Fenwick & West LLP, FWPS eDiscovery Terminology (11/6/2005). Citing TechWeb TechEncyclopedia, http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=portableharddrive. ↩