A physical disk inside a hard drive Usually a hard drive is made up of multiple physical disks stacked up on top of each other One individual disk is known as a platter
A round magnetic plate that makes up part of a hard disk Hard disks generally have up to a dozen platters, most of which require two read/write heads, one for each side
- An disk made of metal (or other rigid material) that is mounted inside a fixed disk drive Most drives use more than one platter mounted on a single spindle (shaft) to provide more data storage surfaces in a small package The platter is coated with a magnetic material that is used to store data as transitions of magnetic polarity
The actual disk inside a hard-disk drive; it carries the magnetic recording material All but the thinnest disk drives have multiple platters, most of which have two sides that can be used for data storage (On multiple-platter drives, one side of each platter is usually reserved for storing control information )
A disk made of metal (or other rigid material) that is mounted inside a fixed disk drive Most drives use more than one platter mounted on a single spindle (shaft) to provide more data storage surfaces in a smaller area POH - Acronym for power on hours The unit of measurement for mean time between failure (MTBF), expressed as the number of hours that the drive is powered on
sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
A platter is a large, flat plate used for serving food. The food was being served on silver platters. A platter of food is the amount of food on a platter
The actual disk inside a hard disk enclosure that carries the magnetic recording material Many hard disks have multiple platters, most of which have two sides that can be used for recording data