Perplexing thought.

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Aug 17, 2008 8:06 AM #224985
Okay, so I was laying down last night, trying to ride out the insomnia, and I start thinking about why we run out of space on computer storage devices.

I don't see how things like disks and hard drives work, as all they do is store letters and numbers, right? I mean, it stores virtual data but can only hold so much until it hits the physical limit. I just don't get it.

tl;dr: I'm wondering how storage devices (disks, hard drives, etc) work.
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Aug 17, 2008 8:10 AM #224989
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm

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Aug 17, 2008 8:12 AM #224992
why thank you