Definitions for "Read/Write Head"
Keywords:  platter, magnet, electro, write, disk
A head which may be shifted horizontally to the disk surface and which consists of at least one electro-magnet. The head may magnetise the disk surface (write on it), read it and erase it; erasing being a write process with a regular pattern.
a device that can either access (read) data stored magnetically or save (write) data onto magnetic media.
The part of the hard disk that writes data to or reads data from a platter. It functions like a coiled wire that reacts to a changing magnetic field by producing a minute current that can be detected and amplified by the electronics of the disk drive.