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magnetic disk

carrier type that consists of a disc containing digitally encoded data that are magnetically or optically recorded
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magnetic disk

Summary

magnetic disk is a recording medium[1]. It draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (recording_medium category, ranking #18 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • magnetic disk's instance of is recorded as recording medium[3].
  • magnetic disk's instance of is recorded as magnetic storage[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include recording medium[3] and magnetic storage[4].

Why It Matters

magnetic disk draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (recording_medium category, ranking #18 of 17).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

Related Entities

magnetic storage

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → Platform/MagneticDisk
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6839]]: Platform/MagneticDisk"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bncf thesaurus id → —
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/magnetic-disk
    Instance of → recording medium, magnetic storage
    Aliases → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543565305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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