head crash
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- (computing) A collision of the head of a hard drive with the platter, resulting in permanent damage to the hard drive.
- 2006, Rajmohan Joshi, Introduction To Computers, →ISBN, page 84:
- This air passes through an internal filter to remove any leftover contaminants from manufacture, any particles that may have somehow entered the drive, and any particles generated by head crash.