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The standard method of measuring large amounts of data (in the mainstream media) appears to be ''[LibraryOfCongress|LOC]'' x ''n''.
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http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/images/platter-lowres.jpg )
is a disk platter used at StanfordUniversity in the 1960s. I put a $1 note in the lower-right corner to give you an idea of the platter's size. This platter could store 4 megabytes of data. The black mark around it is from a disk head crash (!!).
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This image|
http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/images/platter-lowres.jpg?]
is a disk platter used at StanfordUniversity in the 1960s. I put a $1 note in the lower-right corner to give you an idea of the platter's size. This platter could store 4 megabytes of data. The black mark around it is from a disk head crash (!!).
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See also DrivePartitioning, BackupNotes, FileSystems, Category:DiskNotes and [HowToUltraDMA].
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