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read/write head

[reed-rahyt]
–noun Computers.
an 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.
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read/write head

noun
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk 
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