head crash

English

A hard drive damaged by a head crash.

Alternative forms

• headcrash

Noun

head crash (countable and uncountable, plural head crashes)

1. (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.