Festplattenspeicher

disk storage

noun FEST-plat-ten-shpy-kher Rare

Also means

hard disk space

Usage Note

Festplattenspeicher chains Festplatte and Speicher to mean the storage capacity of a hard disk. Use it when distinguishing storage from Arbeitsspeicher (RAM). The plural is unchanged.

Examples

"Der Festplattenspeicher reicht für tausend Filme."

Natural Translation

The disk storage is enough for a thousand films.

Literal Translation

The disk-storage suffices for thousand films.

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