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disk controller
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Noun1.disk controller - (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive
controller, control - a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures


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In essence, the secondary drive is an exact duplicate of the primary drive, and if either drive is damaged or suffers from a disk crash, the hard disk controller will automatically switch to the other, undamaged drive and warn you.
Read channels are the centerpiece of custom storage systems-on-a-chip (SoCs), which combine multiple drive functions - including hard disk controller, serial interface and memory - in a single chip.
Read channels are the centerpiece of custom storage systems-on-a-chip (SoCs), which combine multiple drive functions - including hard disk controller, serial interface and memory - in a single chip.
 
 
 
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