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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.
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'''Direct Access Storage Device''', usually in the form of the acronym, '''DASD''', is [[International Business Machines|IBM]] jargon for [[random access]] [[secondary storage]] devices, such as [[floppy disk]]s, hard [[disk]]s, or CD-ROMs.
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 25 August 2021

Direct Access Storage Device, usually in the form of the acronym, DASD, is IBM jargon for random access secondary storage devices, such as floppy disks, hard disks, or CD-ROMs.