magnetic recording mass storage device / random access storage device / data processing / magnetic iron oxide paint / sequential data processing procedures / storage device / real-time transaction processing / control applications / data processing system / transaction processing system / on-line digital data / /
NaturalFeature
West Coast / /
Organization
Institute of Electrical / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers / MIT / American Society of Mechanical Engineers / /
Person
John Lynott / John Haanstra / William Goddard / Lou Stevens / Rey Johnson / /
Position
pressurized air bearing head / air-bearing head / director / miniature read/write head / pressurized air-bearing head / /
IBM 350 RAMAC The RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) was announced in[removed]It included the first rotating magnetic disk drive for mass data storage. It was the first storage device to provide direct