What is a computer hard drive?
Asker: ted, age 8
Answer
The hard drive is where the computer stores all its data when it is turned off. It is usually a disk (about ten centimeters in diameter) covered with magnetic material: every piece of information is stored as a minuscule magnetic field. On Wikipedia you will find more information, and some pictures:
Answered by
Prof Herman Bruyninckx
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Catholic University of Leuven
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/
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