magnetic disk storage

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• Disk storage — or disc storage is a general category of storage mechanisms, in which data are digitally recorded by various electronic, magnetic, optical, or mechanical methods on a surface layer deposited of one or more planar, round and rotating disks (or… …   Wikipedia

• Early IBM disk storage — The invention of magnetic disk storage, pioneered by IBM in the 1950s, was a critical component of the computer revolution. This article surveys the major IBM computer disk drives introduced in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. The basic… …   Wikipedia

• magnetic disk — noun (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored • Syn: ↑magnetic disc, ↑disk, ↑disc • Derivationally related forms: ↑diskette (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• disk storage — /dɪsk ˈstɔrɪdʒ/ (say disk stawrij) noun a method of high speed bulk storage of computer programs and data, whereby they are stored on a rotating circular plate coated with a magnetic material, as iron oxide …  

• Magnetic tape data storage — uses digital recording on to magnetic tape to store digital information. Modern magnetic tape is most commonly packaged in cartridges and cassettes. The device that performs actual writing or reading of data is a tape drive. Autoloaders and tape… …   Wikipedia

• magnetic recording — magnetic recorder. the process of recording sound or other data on magnetic tape, wire, etc. [1940 45] * * * ▪ electronics Introduction       method of preserving sounds, pictures, and data in the form of electrical signals through the selective… …   Universalium

• Magnetic storage — and magnetic recording are terms from engineering referring to the storage of data on a magnetized medium. Magnetic storage uses different patterns of magnetization in a magnetizable material to store data and is a form of non volatile memory.… …   Wikipedia

• Disk-drive performance characteristics — are the attributes which control the time it takes to transfer (read or write) data between a computer and a data storage device (most typically disk storage) starting with the initial command from the computer or host until the storage device… …   Wikipedia

• Storage virtualization — refers to the process of abstracting logical storage from physical storage. The term is today used to describe this abstraction at any layer in the storage software and hardware stack.Key conceptsAddress space remappingVirtualization of storage… …   Wikipedia

• Disk cartridge — has several meanings related to computer storage. Contents 1 1960s storage medium 2 Modern storage medium 3 Protective casing 4 See also …   Wikipedia

• Disk pack — manufactured by Nashua, USA, without its protective cover. A 3.5 modern hard drive is shown for comparison. A Disk pack is a layered grouping of hard disk platters (circular, rigid discs coated with a magnetic data storage surface). A disk pack… …   Wikipedia