# spinning rust

## Anglais

### Locution nominale

spinning rust \ˈspɪn.ɪŋ rʌst\ invariable

* (Indénombrable) (Architecture des ordinateurs) (Informel) Disque dur.
   * Sometimes referred to in the tech industry as ‘spinning rust’ hard drives, magnetic hard drives have been the main storage devices inside modern computers for three decades. — (Matt Bentley, « Your hard drive is spinning rust », tamahereforum.co.nz, 12 mai 2018)
   * Spinning rust is far more dependable than flash when sitting on a shelf, and much less sensitive to temperature. — (FullyFunctional, « Samsung Kicks Off Mass Production of 8 TB NF1 SSDs with PCIe 4 Interface », news.ycombinator.com, 22 juin 2018)

**Synonymes**

* hard disk
* hard disk drive
* hard drive
* HDD

### Prononciation

* (Royaume-Uni) : \ˈspɪn.ɪŋ rʌst\
* (États-Unis) : \ˈspɪn.ɪŋ rʌst\
