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DASD

[′daz‚dē]
(computer science)
direct-access storage device
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

DASD

Direct-Access Storage Device
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DASD

(Direct Access Storage Device) Pronounced "daz-dee," a DASD is an earlier mainframe term for a magnetic disk drive. Today, a DASD can also be a solid state drive (SSD). The "direct access" means that any sector is addressable directly. See hard drive and SSD.
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