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Hard Drive
An electromechanical device used for information storage and retrieval, incorporating one or more rotating disks
on which data is recorded, stored, and read magnetically.
Jumper
In ATA/IDE drives, a jumper is an electrically-conductive component that you place over pairs of pins that
extend from the circuit board on the hard drive jumper block to connect them electronically. For example, a
jumper is one way to designate a hard drive as master or slave. The jumper block is located next to the 40-pin
connector on the hard drive.
Master
The first hard drive in a dual drive setup. A master hard drive alone (with no slave) is called a single drive.
Operating System
Software that allows the user and programs installed on your system to communicate with computer hardware
such as a hard drive and processor.
Partition
A way to logically divide a hard drive so that an operating system treats each partition as if it were a separate hard
drive. Each partition is assigned a unique drive letter.
Slave
The second drive in a dual drive configuration.