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disk storage
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disk storage [¦disk ¦stȯr·ij]
(electronics)
An external computer storage device consisting of one or more disks spaced on a common shaft, and magnetic heads mounted on arms that reach between the disks to read and record information on them. Also known as disk memory; magnetic disk storage.


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This permits the eventual disc storage to occur instantly at safe locations.
These developments can be credited with opening up and accelerating the opportunities within the optical disc storage segment of the mass storage market.
With costs being reduced geometrically for optical-character-recognition technology (the ability of computers actually to read the type on a page) and laser disc storage, the solution to the paper logjam is on the horizon.
 
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