high-density disk


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high-density disk

[¦hī ¦den·səd·ē ′disk]
(computer science)
A diskette that holds two or more times as much data per unit area as a double-density disk of the same size.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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