cylinder-head-sector

noun

An addressing system of hard drives where the hard drive is addressed by its cylinders, heads, and sectors.

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nouncylinder-head-sector (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingAn addressing system of hard drives where the hard drive is addressed by its cylinders, heads, and sectors.
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