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 6240-01-204-5454
NSN 6135-01-555-4283
NSN 6145-00-920-4700
NSN 5965-00-772-8024
NSN 6220-01-046-2401
NSN 6320-01-322-8340
NSN 6610-00-186-9180
NSN 5895-01-168-7214
NSN 6105-01-279-7588
NSN 5996-00-869-0812
NSN 6610-00-186-9180
NSN 5999-00-835-6980