Appl. An/fps-85
An electromechanical item which accepts and systematically retains digital input data in such a manner as to facilitate the rapid recovery of stored information. The item may or may not consist of disk(s) some of which are removable, hard, removable disk packs, fixed disks, or removable flexible, each surface coated with a material susceptible to spot magnetization, integral writing, a drive motor and its mechanical linkage, and data translating heads for impressing on or removing from the disk surface data in digital form. the item is a component of an electronic computer. see also, magnetic drum, data storage; core memory unit.
Classification: Other storage units, nesoi
NSN 5985-01-056-5179
NSN 5935-01-287-8498
NSN 6110-01-609-8679
NSN 6110-01-033-1153
NSN 6620-01-060-3086
NSN 6135-01-586-9728
NSN 6135-01-535-9092
NSN 5910-00-985-5185
NSN 5960-01-131-4086
NSN 5998-00-194-2942
NSN 6240-00-432-0328
NSN 6220-01-310-7166