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 5945-00-666-4700
NSN 5935-00-566-4731
NSN 6105-00-982-8751
NSN 6610-01-010-3159
NSN 5945-01-222-0847
NSN 6610-01-354-7963
NSN 5945-00-467-1730
NSN 5895-00-255-7784
NSN 6645-00-256-4072
NSN 5965-01-455-7747
NSN 5915-00-925-9980
NSN 5990-01-254-3197