headcrash

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A form of head crash — A collision of the head of a hard drive with the platter, resulting in permanent damage to the hard drive.

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Meanings

nounheadcrash (countable and uncountable, plural headcrashes)

plural headcrashes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of head crash.

    It has a SiOi or Rh coating to minimize wear or headcrash.

    1977, Review - Volume 25, page 1315
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    We polish our uncoated metal disks to a mirror finish for optimum headflight characteristics and virtually no possibility of media-induced headcrash.

    1982, Mini-micro Systems - Volume 15, page 253

    In the magnetic recording technologies the spacing between the head and the medium continues to become smaller to attain a higher recording density, and so the tribology on the medium surface with the head has become actively studied to prevent critical accidents such as headcrash.

    2012, H. Fredriksson, S. Savage, M. Nygren, Rapidly Quenched Materials, →ISBN, page 1309
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APA

headcrash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headcrash

MLA

“headcrash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headcrash. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headcrash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headcrash.

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