drive\ Geiger

drive\ Geiger
n.
The sound that a hard drive makes when being accessed by the computer. Originates from the fact that accessing a hard drive usually sounds like a Geiger counter near a radioactive substance.

When I opened up the file, the drive Geiger from my computer was so loud that I was afraid I'd broken something.


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