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A brief history covering magnetic disks, developed as efficient random access memory device. Additionally, a discussion on how a disk drive works is provided. The artifacts are on display at the Computer History Museum. This site provides a glimpse into the development of the information age from their large collection warehoused in the Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, California.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information