Portable drive
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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
Footnotes
- ^ Fenwick & West LLP, FWPS eDiscovery Terminology (11/6/2005). Citing TechWeb TechEncyclopedia, http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=portableharddrive.
