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 6685-00-306-1405
NSN 6110-01-476-7391
NSN 6110-01-415-3343
NSN 6650-01-512-1930
NSN 6105-01-508-7921
NSN 6240-01-124-9916
NSN 6105-01-116-4768
NSN 2925-01-590-3981
NSN 7035-01-408-8698
NSN 5920-01-372-0225
NSN 6610-00-238-1693
NSN 2925-00-221-4977