using microscopic probe means; , i.e. recording or reproducing by means directly associated with the tip of a microscopic electrical probe as used in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy [STM] or Atomic Force Microscopy [AFM] for inducing physical or electrical perturbations in a recording medium; Record carriers or media specially adapted for such transducing of information
with provision for moving the heads or record carriers relatively to each other or for access to indexed parts without effectively imparting a relative movement
