magnetic recording
noun
: the process of recording sound, data (as for a computer), or a television program by producing varying local magnetization of a moving tape or disc
magnetic recorder
noun
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The latter is relevant because magnetic recording tape for audiocassettes was made on manufacturing lines that coated a plastic film with a magnetic slurry, dried it, cut it into long strips, and rolled them up.
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Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
These HDDs use the company’s Mozaic 3+ heat assisted magnetic recording, HAMR, technology, where lasers are used to reduce the magnetic fields from the write head required to write a high-densities on stable high coercivity magnetic recording media.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Our first blog focused on the latest developments and projections for magnetic recording (HDDs and magnetic tape).
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Magnetic tapes also use magnetic recording, but the areal density of magnetic tape is many generations behind HDDs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
These drives do not use shingled magnetic recording and have 10 platters.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
Toshiba announced HDDs with a form of energy assisted magnetic recording, called microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) in 2021.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
Seagate however is also championing another form of energy assisted magnetic recording, heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) that uses lasers to heat the disk surface during writing.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
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Ashok Lahiri, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2017
These HDDs use the company’s Mozaic 3+ heat assisted magnetic recording, HAMR, technology, where lasers are used to reduce the magnetic fields from the write head required to write a high-densities on stable high coercivity magnetic recording media.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Our first blog focused on the latest developments and projections for magnetic recording (HDDs and magnetic tape).
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Magnetic tapes also use magnetic recording, but the areal density of magnetic tape is many generations behind HDDs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
These drives do not use shingled magnetic recording and have 10 platters.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
Toshiba announced HDDs with a form of energy assisted magnetic recording, called microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) in 2021.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
Seagate however is also championing another form of energy assisted magnetic recording, heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) that uses lasers to heat the disk surface during writing.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
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“Magnetic recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20recording. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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