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DASD is an acronym made popular by [[IBM]] for Direct Access Storage Device.  It simply means any ‘random access’ device, like a floppy disk, hard disk, CD-ROM.
'''DASD''' is an acronym made popular by [[IBM]] for 'Direct Access Storage Device'.  It simply means any [[random access]] [[secondary storage]] device, like a [[floppy disk]], hard [[disk]], or CD-ROM.


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DASD is an acronym made popular by IBM for 'Direct Access Storage Device'. It simply means any random access secondary storage device, like a floppy disk, hard disk, or CD-ROM.