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.
NSN 2925-01-086-5507
NSN 5855-00-995-2098
NSN 5950-01-205-7255
NSN 5910-01-040-5489
NSN 5935-01-006-3744
NSN 6145-01-352-3145
NSN 6645-00-862-2904
NSN 6645-01-517-1539
NSN 5999-01-459-8029
NSN 6620-00-513-0738
NSN 5985-00-988-2531
NSN 6135-00-057-2005