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Magnetic disks

Scope note

Magnetizable material in disk form, capable of storing information in the form of electromagnetic signals.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300028549

Broader Terms used

<machine-readable artifacts>

Narrower Terms used

floppy disks

Equivalent Terms used

magnetic disk

Created

13yrs ago

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