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 6650-00-984-5340
NSN 5915-01-135-5415
NSN 6320-00-228-5678
NSN 5985-00-646-5076
NSN 6610-00-955-2021
NSN 5950-01-089-4563
NSN 5920-01-188-8833
NSN 6645-00-274-5670
NSN 6135-00-500-2082
NSN 6240-01-344-3780
NSN 4140-00-895-6478
NSN 5985-01-527-7921