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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

head crash

A head crash is when the read/write heads hit the surface of a disk. This can cause serious damage to the mechanisms and loss of data. To avoid this happening with personal computers, e.g. when a computer is moved, the read/write heads are often automatically put in a safe position (parked).

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diskdisk drivedisk packhard diskparkread/write head
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Hardware › storage
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