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2. Hard disk drive - Wikipedia

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   A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk[a] is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

3. External storage - Wikipedia

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   In computing, external storage refers to non-volatile (secondary) data storage outside a computer 's own internal hardware, and thus can be readily disconnected and accessed elsewhere. Such storage devices may refer to removable media (e.g. punched paper, magnetic tape, floppy disk and optical disc), compact flash drives (USB flash drive and ...

4. List of disk drive form factors - Wikipedia

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   1.8-inch drives with ZIF connectors were used in digital audio players, such as the iPod Classic, and subnotebooks. Later 1.8-inch drives were updated with a micro-SATA connector and up to 320GB of storage (Toshiba MK3233GSG). The 1.8-inch form factor was eventually phased out as SSDs became cheaper and more compact. [34]

5. History of hard disk drives - Wikipedia

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   History of hard disk drives. Historical lowest retail price of computer memory and storage. In 1953, IBM recognized the immediate application for what it termed a "Random Access File" having high capacity and rapid random access at a relatively low cost. [1] After considering technologies such as wire matrices, rod arrays, drums, drum arrays ...

6. History of IBM magnetic disk drives - Wikipedia

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   History of IBM magnetic disk drives. IBM manufactured magnetic disk storage devices from 1956 to 2003, when it sold its hard disk drive business to Hitachi. [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 ...

7. Disk storage - Wikipedia

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   Disk storage. Disk storage (also sometimes called drive storage) is a data storage mechanism based on a rotating disk. The recording employs various electronic, magnetic, optical, or mechanical changes to the disk's surface layer. A disk drive is a device implementing such a storage mechanism. Notable types are hard disk drives (HDD ...