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read/write head
[ reed-rahyt ]
noun
Computers.
- an electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape.
read-write head
/ 藞谤颈藧诲藞谤补瑟迟 /
noun
- computing an electromagnet that can both read and write information on a magnetic medium such as magnetic tape or disk
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鈥淔or example, in hard drives, the magnetic read/write head moves above the disk surface with a separation as little as three nanometers,鈥 Zhang says.
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A "read/write head" moves along the tape.
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