18.2g; 72k
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 6135-00-375-6861
NSN 5920-01-334-0876
NSN 6240-01-069-2688
NSN 5990-00-359-9839
NSN 5950-01-351-4386
NSN 5925-01-185-9897
NSN 5950-01-269-8302
NSN 6620-00-572-8787
NSN 5975-01-202-7423
NSN 5920-01-499-0549
NSN 6110-00-172-4340
NSN 5920-00-815-5599