At the last census in 2010, Phoenix had a population of 1.445 million. In 2013, this population is now estimated at 1.6 million in the city proper, which pushed it to the 5th most populous city in the US from 6th. During 2012, Phoenix increased its population by 1.7%. It's believed sometime in 2013, Phoenix passed Philadelphia in population. The Phoenix metropolitan area, meanwhile, is believed to have surpassed 4.3 million sometime in 2012, and it's now the 13th largest metropolitan area in the country. In 2010, the Phoenix area was 13th with a metro population of 4.19 million.
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive or fixed disk is a data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Disk storage is a general category of storage mechanisms where data are recorded by various electronic, magnetic, optical, or mechanical changes to a surface layer of one or more rotating disks. A disk drive is a device implementing such a storage mechanism. Notable types are the hard disk drive (HDD) containing a non-removable disk, the floppy disk drive (FDD) and its removable floppy disk, and various optical disc drives and associated optical disc media.