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.
What is a Hard Drive? A hard drive is nothing more than a magnetised storage area. Your Operating System is stored on your hard drive, as well as all your software programmes, like Microsoft Word. The hard drive is actually a few circular disks stacked one on top of the other.