Definition: Surface


The top or the bottom side of a platter coated with a magnetic material required to record data. A platter may use one or both surfaces to store data.




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PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood)

A read channel using sampled data, active equalization and Veterbi detection to accurately retrieve the user data off the disk.

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