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DASD

(Direct Access Storage Device) Pronounced "daz-dee." A peripheral storage device that is directly addressable. Although DASDs used to refer to magnetic disks and drums, today, DASD means magnetic disk. The term is used mostly in the mainframe world.

DASD [′daz‚dē]

(computer science)

direct-access storage device

DASD - Direct-Access Storage Device

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