The basic functioning unit of the kidney is called the nephron. The kidneys together comprise greater than 2 million nephrons, and each is capable of forming urine. The nephrons function is to clean the blood of unwanted substances as it flows past.
disk drive. n. Computers. A hardware device that reads data stored on a disk and writes data onto the disk for storage. disk drive. n. (Computer Science) computing the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on computer disks. See also disk2.
A drive is a computer component used to store data. It may be a static storage device or may use removable media. All drives store nonvolatile data, meaning the data is not erased when the power is turned off. Over the past several decades, drives have evolved along with other computer technologies.