Historical Computer Engineering - Hard Drives
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Process of reading and writing data
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Turn platters
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Position read-write head
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Read
For the process of reading the platters turn with enormous velocity below the read/writehead. The change of the magnetic field on the platter is recognized by the head and it sends the information to the processing electronics.