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Shared drive

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCore term

In office & administration, shared drive means: A storage space on a company network or in the cloud where colleagues save, open and edit the same files.

In Turkish: ortak sürücü, ortak alan, paylaşılan klasör

How it is used

Also called a network drive or a shared folder; some offices name it by its letter, such as "the S: drive". Teams agree folder structures and file names so things are easy to find. Access is controlled, so you may need to ask IT for permission to a folder.

Example sentences

  1. The new leave rota is on the shared drive under HR > Leave.

  2. Please save the final version on the shared drive, not on your desktop.

Common collocations

  • save on the shared drive
  • shared drive folder
  • access to the shared drive
  • network drive
  • folderA cover or container for keeping papers together, or a named place on a computer where files are stored.
  • back upTo make an extra copy of computer files and store it somewhere else, so the data can be recovered if the original is lost or damaged.
  • help deskThe team or service that employees contact when they have problems with computers, software, phones or other IT equipment.
  • spreadsheetA computer document organised in rows and columns, used to store lists, calculate numbers and track things such as budgets, stock or schedules.
  • templateA ready-made file with a fixed layout and standard text, used as a starting point so that similar documents look the same and take less time.

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