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Magnetic storage — OCR GCSE Computer Science Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Computer Science · key term

Magnetic storage

Definition

Storage that records binary data using magnetised regions on a surface, such as a hard disk platter or magnetic tape.

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OCR GCSE Computer Science · J277

Paper 1

Magnetic storage represents binary data using magnetised regions on a surface. Two important examples are the hard disk drive (HDD) and magnetic tape. They use the same broad storage principle but access their data differently.
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