microdrive

Etymology
. In the sense of "miniature hard disk", originally a trademark.

Noun

 * 1)  A miniature hard disk.
 * 2)  An early computer storage system using cartridges of looped tape.
 * 3) * 1984, Alison Maguire, interviewed in SINCLAIR talks... (in Crash magazine, issue 3, April 1984)
 * There are lots of things that will benefit from being on a microdrive cartridge but if you release something on microdrive you're only going to sell it to people with microdrive.
 * 1) * 1986, African Energy Programme (Commonwealth Science Council), Renewable energy development in Africa (volume 2, page 161)
 * The Spectrum has its own inexpensive mass storage unit - the microdrive which starts at about £150 for 100k of storage, but this may not be suitable in all cases, since the storage unit may be damaged if turned on with the disc in position.
 * 1) A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.
 * 1) A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.
 * 1) A device for inserting microelectrodes into the brain.