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 6220-00-939-1429
NSN 5895-00-991-4582
NSN 6150-00-341-3860
NSN 5930-00-610-2827
NSN 5915-01-447-4515
NSN 5910-01-403-2812
NSN 5930-00-277-4704
NSN 6130-01-504-1569
NSN 5835-00-393-1996
NSN 5895-01-414-3884
NSN 5990-01-463-2279
NSN 6150-01-184-1901