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 5975-01-646-9039
NSN 2925-01-484-8556
NSN 4140-01-315-0460
NSN 6650-01-463-6495
NSN 6620-01-483-8189
NSN 5855-01-122-3125
NSN 5855-01-645-8185
NSN 5965-01-311-3613
NSN 7035-01-246-3086
NSN 5935-01-364-8054
NSN 6220-01-088-9052
NSN 5999-00-323-1852