formatted capacity

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formatted capacity - (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

capacity - (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"

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21TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

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Maxtor's talking about a formatted capacity of 36, 73, and 146GB, in a 3.5-inch, low-profile format.

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Designed for users requiring increased capacity to cope with storage-intensive processing, the new DK23BA hard disk drive family includes five models providing from 6Gb to 20Gb of formatted capacity. By using new GMR heads and through improvements in read/write techniques the areal recording density of each disk has also increased by 70% compared to Hitachi's earlier hard disk drive portfolio - now reaching 17.2Gb per square inch.