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A disk address specifies the location of a specific sector on the disk drive. It typically includes the following information:
1. Cylinder Number: This indicates the specific cylinder on the disk where the sector is located. A cylinder is a vertical set of tracks across all platters.
2. Head Number: This specifies which read/write head is being used to access the data. In a multi-platter disk, each platter has its own head.
3. Sector Number: This identifies the specific sector within the given track of the cylinder. Sectors are the smallest units of storage on the disk.
Together, this triplet of information (cylinder number, head number, and sector number) is often referred to as CHS addressing (Cylinder-Head-Sector) and is used by the disk drive to locate and access specific data records.