Definition: Fly Height


Distance between read/write head and the media surface whilst the motor is rotating (hard drive).




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Typically used about the internal information of the file system itself. The file system keeps track of the names of the files, their size and where the file is stored. This information is stored to the media in addition to the file content.

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