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2. Hard disk drive - Wikipedia

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   A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, ... The primary characteristics of an HDD are its capacity and performance. Capacity is specified in unit prefixes corresponding ...

3. Hard disk drive performance characteristics - Wikipedia

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   A hard disk head on an access arm resting on a hard disk platter. The access time or response time of a rotating drive is a measure of the time it takes before the drive can actually transfer data. The factors that control this time on a rotating drive are mostly related to the mechanical nature of the rotating disks and moving heads. It is ...

4. List of disk drive form factors - Wikipedia

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   IBM's first hard drive, the IBM 350, used a stack of fifty 24-inch platters and was of a size comparable to two large refrigerators. In 1962, IBM introduced its model 1311 disk, which used six 14-inch (nominal size) platters in a removable pack and was roughly the size of a washing machine. This became a standard platter size and drive form ...

5. Category:Hard disk drives - Wikipedia

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   Hard disk drive performance characteristics; Hard disk drive platter; Hardcard; Head crash; History of hard disk drives; HP Kittyhawk; Hybrid drive; I. IBM 350;

6. Disk read-and-write head - Wikipedia

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   A hard disk head and arm on a platter Microphotograph of a hard disk head. The size of the front edge is about 0.3 * 1.2 mm. The functional part of the head is the round, orange structure in the middle. Also note the connection wires bonded to gold-plated pads. Read–write head of a 3 TB hard disk drive manufactured

7. History of IBM magnetic disk drives - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] Both the hard disk drive (HDD) and floppy disk drive (FDD) were invented by IBM and as such IBM's employees were responsible for many of the innovations in these products and their technologies. [3] The basic mechanical arrangement of hard disk drives has not changed since the IBM 1301. Disk drive performance and characteristics are ...