Definition: Physical Damage


Damage to the physical unit. For a hard drive this may be damage to the electronics, the mechanics or the media itself.




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Bus

The path that carries data between the computer (microprocessor) and peripheral devices. An IDE interface cable and a SCSI cable are both examples of a bus.

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