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However, at risk of repetition, I maintain that "drive" is OK because its internal mechanism (i.e., fixed platters, floppy disc, drum, flash memory, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.), matters not, just that it is a peripheral device which stores data even after the computer has been turned off.


Likewise (perhaps), the magical thing under the hood of your automobile is often called a "motor". Afterall, it provides the motive force. However, it is actually an Internal Combustion Engine. There are sublte differences between motor and engine (the former most often referencing an electric device)