English Dictionary

microdrive

名詞

歴史的

(computing) A miniature hard disk. / (computing, historical) An early computer storage system using cartridges of looped tape. / A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.

日本語の意味

（コンピュータ）小型のハードディスク / （コンピュータ・歴史的）ループテープを用いた初期のカートリッジ式記憶装置 / （医療）微小電極を脳内に挿入するための装置

The photographer carried a spare microdrive to store extra high-resolution images during the shoot.

その写真家は撮影中に高解像度の画像を追加で保存するため、予備の小型ハードディスクを携帯していた。

意味（1）

(computing) A miniature hard disk.

One-inch disks typically held about 8 to 10 GB and microdrives were either 2 or 4 GB.

意味（2）

(computing, historical) An early computer storage system using cartridges of looped tape.

There are lots of things that will benefit from being on a microdrive cartridge but if you release something on microdrive you're only going to sell it to people with microdrive.

意味（3）

A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.

The microdrive was invented so that electrodes could be lowered into the brain in order to isolate new neurons.

microdrives （ plural ）