| English | Kannada |
| digital video disk | ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ವೀಡಿಯೊ ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ (A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics rather than magnetic means for reading data. Optical disk storage commonly used for audio, video, and computer data. DVDs range in capacity from 4.7 GB to 17 GB, and can store significantly more than a CD-ROM) |
| disk drive | ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ ಡ್ರೈವ್ (A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks) |
| disk partition | ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ ವಿಭಜನೆ (A section of space on a physical disk that functions as if it were a separate disk) |
| floppy disk | ಫ್ಲಾಪಿ ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ (A reusable magnetic storage medium. The floppy disk used today is the rigid 3.5-inch microfloppy that holds 1.44 MB. It is called floppy because the first varieties were housed in bendable jackets) |
| floppy disk drive | ಫ್ಲಾಪಿ ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ ಡ್ರೈವ್ (A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks) |
| hard disk drive | ಹಾರ್ಡ್ ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ ಡ್ರೈವ್ (A hardware device, or a logical partition of it, that reads data from and writes data to hard disks) |
| Universal Disk Format | ಯೂನಿವರ್ಸಲ್ ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ ಫಾರ್ಮ್ಯಾಟ್ (A file system defined by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) that is the successor to the CD-ROM file system (CDFS). UDF is used for removable disk media like DVD, CD, and magneto-optic (MO) disks) |
| virtual disk | ವರ್ಚುವಲ್ ಡಿಸ್ಕ್ (A collection of one or more physical disks from a previously created storage pool) |
