Definition: Address


In the hard drive industry, there are several types of addresses; an address may refer to that of a drive, called a unit address; radial position, called a cylinder address; or circumferential position, referred to as a sector address.




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Track

Disk: Concentric circles where the data is stored, divided into sectors. Tape: The tracks of the tape prepared for storage of data, divided into blocks. See format.

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