floptical disk
floptical disk A hybrid optical and magnetic disk. The data is written and read by a magnetic head in the usual way, but head tracking is controlled by an optical servo track and head. This gives more precise tracking than the conventional magnetic servo track, so data tracks can be packed more closely. The disk capacity is considerably more than that of a conventional floppy disk.
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