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platter

One of the disks in a hard disk drive. Each platter provides a top and bottom recording surface. There may be only one or several platters in a drive with each platter having its own pair of read/write heads. See magnetic disk.

A Lotta Platters
It seems that disk platters will spin for many years to come. This earlier 5.25" drive held 9GB total in all of its 14 platters. Today's drives would have 100 times the storage capacity in that amount of platter space. (Image courtesy of Singapore Technologies.)

platter [′plad·ər]
(computer science)
One of the disks in a hard-disk drive or disk pack.


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So Uncle Henry lifted the kettle from the fire and poured its contents into a big platter which the Wizard held for him.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Thus followed by his men, one bearing the head of Peter of Colfax upon the platter of gold, Norman of Torn passed quietly from the hall and from the castle.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Toto sat at one end of this table with a bib tied around his neck and a silver platter to eat from.
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