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| Track | A storage channel on disk or tape. |
| Cylinder | The aggregate of all tracks that reside in the same location on every disk surface. |
| Inductance | A circuit or device in wich a change in the current generates an electromotive force. |
| Head Crash | When read/write heads bang against the surface of the disk. |
| Park | Read/Write heads move over an unused section of the disk when the computer is powered off. |
| Form Factor | Physical size of a device as measured by outside dimensions. |
| Master | First IDE or EIDE device on a single IDE channel. |
| Slave | The second IDE or EIDE device on a single IDE channel. |
| QIC | Quarter-inch cartridge. |
| DAT | Digital Audio Tape. |
| DLT | Digital Linear Tape. |
| Sector | The smallest unit of storage read or written on a disk. |
| ATAPI | AT attachment PAcket interface. |
| MPEG Decoder | Movie Picture Expert Group. |
