Why is a database always represented with a cylinder?

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Published on 2010-05-12T20:47:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 20:54 UTC
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This question came up today and I couldn't find any historical answer as to why a database is always represented as a cylinder. I am hoping someone in the stack world would know why and have a link or something backing it up.

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