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 physical storage device such as a hard disk drive or removable USB flash drive. A partition is an area of the hard disk that can be formatted and assigned a drive letter. A volume refers to a storage area on a partition of a hard disk.The terms partition and volume are often used interchangeably. drive is a physical storage device such as a hard disk drive or removable USB flash drive. A partition is an area of the hard disk that can be formatted and assigned a drive letter. A volume refers to a storage area on a partition of a hard disk. The terms partition and volume are often used interchangeably.