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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

read′/write′ head′ [Computers.]

Computingan electromagnetic device, as in a disk or tape drive, that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic disk or tape. Also called head.

'read/write head' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

disk - head - read-write head - tape drive - track

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