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 6610-00-934-1044
NSN 6135-01-142-6456
NSN 5965-00-484-8236
NSN 5965-01-399-8454
NSN 5925-01-296-0093
NSN 6145-00-245-6645
NSN 5925-01-126-8188
NSN 6240-01-393-5095
NSN 6145-01-025-2296
NSN 5975-00-679-6738
NSN 5935-01-491-5045
NSN 5905-01-563-3794