write head

noun

That part of several electromechanical devices that converts electrical signals into digital or analog information stored on a magnetic or optical medium

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Meanings

nounwrite head (plural write heads)

plural write heads

  1. That part of several electromechanical devices that converts electrical signals into digital or analog information stored on a magnetic or optical medium
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