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A platter spinning 7200 times a minute while a head flies a hair's breadth above it.
head gapFloats nanometers above the disk, never touching
first modelIBM's 1956 drive weighed over a ton
crash originComputer crash named for the head hitting platters
density raceModern drives pack terabits per square inch
sealed insideSome are filled with helium to spin smoother