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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.

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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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