microdrive

Sinclair ZX Microdrive unit from the 1980s

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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

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