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<p>The <b>flying height</b> or <b>floating height</b> or <b>head gap</b> is the distance between the <a href="page.php?w=disk_read%2Fwrite_head">disk read/write head</a> on a <a href="page.php?w=hard_disk_drive">hard disk drive</a> and the <a href="page.php?w=hard_disk_drive_platter">platter</a>.  The first commercial hard-disk drive, the <a href="page.php?w=IBM_305_RAMAC">IBM 305 RAMAC</a> (1956), used forced air to maintain a 0.002&nbsp;inch (51&nbsp;um)  between the head and disk. The IBM 1301, introduced in 1961, was the first disk drive in</p><p>
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