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 6150-00-596-9882
NSN 5910-01-454-1073
NSN 6650-01-408-2633
NSN 6145-00-262-3345
NSN 5998-01-458-5376
NSN 5910-01-630-2610
NSN 5855-01-254-1571
NSN 6220-01-339-1249
NSN 5990-00-251-7060
NSN 5925-00-244-0711
NSN 6650-01-499-1283
NSN 5855-00-127-5559