removable disk

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removable disk - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  removable disk
      n 1: a hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive;
           removal prevents unauthorized use

removable disk - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  removable disk
  
     <storage> A type of magnetic disk, or possibly
     magneto-optical disk which is not permanently attached to
     the disk drive (not a fixed disk) but which can be taken
     out and replaced, allowing many disks to be used in the same
     drive.
  
     Floppy disks are removable disks but the term is not
     commonly used for them but mostly for hard disks in suitable
     cartridges such as those made by Syquest, Iomega and
     others.
  
     Removable disks have become popular on microcomputers in the
     1990s since they offer a cheap way of expanding disk space,
     transporting large amounts of data between computers and
     storing backups.  The concept is not new however, removable
     disk packs were common on minicomputers such as the PDP-11
     in use in the 1970s except that the drives were the size of
     washing machines and the disk packs as big as car wheels.
  
     (1997-06-06)