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Putting it all together:
Number of cylinders (tracks), heads (sides), and sectors (aka CHS) uniquely identify the physical geometry of the storage units on a disk
CHS also yields disk capacity:
Capacity = Cylinders × Heads × Sectors × sector_size
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