Definition: Hard Disk


A mass storage device that transfers data between the computer's memory and the disk storage media. Hard disks are rotating, rigid, magnetic storage disks.




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Bit density

Expressed as bits per inch (BPI), the number of bits that can be written onto one inch of track on a disk surface.

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