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magnetic storageA medium for holding information (data, voice, video, etc.), such as tape and disk. The medium can be erased and reused over and over again. In the digital world, information is recorded by writing tiny spots (bits) of negative or positive polarity on tapes and disks. A read/write head discharges electrical impulses onto the moving ferromagnetic surface. Reading is accomplished by sensing the polarity of the bit with the read/write head. |
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| Removes confidential or highly sensitive information from hard drives and other magnetic media On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. According to Jared Silverman and Seth Hecht of the Kaufman Organization, Magnetic Media, a digital/ flat-screen TV advertising company, signed a three-year lease for 2,000 s/f office space at the building--its first Manhattan office. |
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