(1) An external storage or optical disc drive that plugs into the USB port. See portable hard drive. (2) A small solid state storage module that plugs into the computer's USB port. Emerging just ...

An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

The speed ratings for hard disk drives is not directly comparable with that for solid state drives because SSDs as a category are much faster. Type of connection is the type of USB connection that ...