| Subject | English | Icelandic |
| comp., MS | digital video disk | DVD-diskur (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) |
| comp., MS | disk drive | diskadrif (A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks) |
| comp., MS | disk partition | disksneið (A section of space on a physical disk that functions as if it were a separate disk) |
| comp., MS | floppy disk | disklingur (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) |
| comp., MS | floppy disk drive | disklingadrif (A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks) |
| comp., MS | hard disk drive | harður diskur (A hardware device, or a logical partition of it, that reads data from and writes data to hard disks) |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Disk Operating System | MS-DOS-stýrikerfi (A Microsoft computer operating system with a command-line interface that is used to control many internal computer functions, such as running programs and organizing and maintaining files) |
| comp., MS | Universal Disk Format | UDF (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) |
| comp., MS | virtual disk | sýndardiskur (A collection of one or more physical disks from a previously created storage pool) |