disk pack

disk pack

noun Computers.
a cylinder containing several magnetic disks that can be installed in or removed from a disk drive as a unit: used for data storage and retrieval.

Origin:
1965–70
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disk pack

noun
(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device 
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