DASD

Direct-Access Storage Device

DASD

(Direct Access Storage Device) Pronounced "daz-dee." A peripheral storage device that is directly addressable. Although DASDs used to refer to magnetic disks and drums, today, DASD means magnetic disk. The term is used mostly in the mainframe world. See magnetic disk and disk drive.

DASD

Acronym	Definition
DASD➣Direct Access Storage Device
DASD➣Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
DASD➣Dallastown Area School District (Dallastown, PA)
DASD➣Data Access Storage Device
DASD➣Directly Accessible Storage Device
DASD➣DeForest Area School District (Wisconsin)
DASD➣Danville Area School District (Pennsylvania)
DASD➣Downingtown Area School District (Downingtown, PA, USA)
DASD➣Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction (San Francisco, CA)
DASD➣Dover Area School District (Dover, Pennsylvania)
DASD➣Dubois Area School District (Pennsylvania)
DASD➣Data Access Storage Device (less common)
DASD➣Direct Access Storage Drive (less common)
DASD➣Defense Avionics Systems Division
DASD➣Data Systems Authorization Directory
DASD➣Digital Air Situation Display
DASD➣Derry Area School District (Derry, PA)