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microdrive

The English word “microdrive” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A miniature hard disk.
  2. An early computer storage system using cartridges of looped tape.
  3. A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.

Etymology

From micro- + drive. In the sense of "miniature hard disk", originally a trademark.

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