{"id":59725,"date":"2024-04-16T01:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=59725"},"modified":"2024-04-16T01:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:42:19","slug":"what-process-prepares-the-magnetic-surface-of-a-disk-by-creating-concentric-circles-called-tracks-around-the-disk-each-track-is-further-divided-into-pic-shaped-sections-called-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/what-process-prepares-the-magnetic-surface-of-a-disk-by-creating-concentric-circles-called-tracks-around-the-disk-each-track-is-further-divided-into-pic-shaped-sections-called-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"What process prepares the magnetic surface of a disk by creating concentric circles, called tracks, around the disk? 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