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<p>The <b>IBM 305 RAMAC</b> was the first commercial <a href="page.php?w=computer">computer</a> that used a moving-head <a href="page.php?w=hard_disk_drive">hard disk drive</a> (magnetic <a href="page.php?w=disk_storage">disk storage</a>) for <a href="page.php?w=secondary_storage">secondary storage</a>. The system was publicly announced on September 14, 1956, with test units already installed at the <a href="page.php?w=United_States_Navy">U.S. Navy</a> and at private corporations. RAMAC stood for "Random Access Method of Accounting and Control",</p><p>
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