(n.) The mechanism that readsdata from or writes data to a magnetic disk or tape. If the head becomes dirty, it will not work properly. This is one of the first things to check if your disk drive or tape drive begins to malfunction.
The head is sometimes called a read/write head.Double-sidedfloppy disk drives have two heads, one for each side of the disk. Hard disk drives have many heads, usually two for each platter.
