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 6620-00-169-1609
NSN 6135-01-633-8502
NSN 6320-01-239-3936
NSN 6240-01-393-9005
NSN 5965-01-335-6630
NSN 5999-00-862-5157
NSN 5965-00-452-0967
NSN 6645-01-157-9080
NSN 5930-00-588-9687
NSN 5910-00-615-9975
NSN 5905-00-251-1708
NSN 5950-01-399-8677