Definition: Bit density


Expressed as bits per inch (BPI), the number of bits that can be written onto one inch of track on a disk surface.




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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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