disk storage device
1Disk storage — or disc storage is a general category of storage mechanisms, in which data are digitally recorded by various electronic, magnetic, optical, or mechanical methods on a surface layer deposited of one or more planar, round and rotating disks (or… …
2Data storage device — Many different consumer electronic devices can store data …
3Object storage device — An Object based Storage Device (OSD) is a computer storage device, similar to disk storage but working at a higher level. Instead of providing a block oriented interface that reads and writes fixed sized blocks of data, an OSD organizes data into …
4directaccess storage device — direct access storage device n. Abbr. DASD A type of storage device, such as a magnetic disk, in which bits of data are stored at precise locations, enabling the computer to retrieve information directly without having to scan a series of records …
5storage device — noun a device that preserves information for retrieval • Syn: ↑memory device • Hypernyms: ↑device • Hyponyms: ↑acoustic storage, ↑auxiliary storage, ↑external storage, ↑ …
6storage device — general term used to describe devices that store data in a computers (such as a disk) …
7Early IBM disk storage — The invention of magnetic disk storage, pioneered by IBM in the 1950s, was a critical component of the computer revolution. This article surveys the major IBM computer disk drives introduced in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. The basic… …
8USB mass storage device class — The USB mass storage device class or USB MSC or UMS is a set of computing communications protocols defined by the USB Implementers Forum that run on the Universal Serial Bus. The standard provides an interface to a variety of storage devices.Some …
9Direct access storage device — In mainframe computers and some minicomputers, a direct access storage device, or DASD (  /ˈdæ …
10Autoloader (data storage device) — An autoloader, or autochanger, is a data storage device consisting of at least one tape drive (the drive), a method of loading tapes into the drive (the robot), and a storage area for tapes (the magazine). Larger autoloaders with multiple drives …
