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 6610-01-535-8757
NSN 6645-01-111-8218
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NSN 6320-01-585-8468
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NSN 5905-01-032-8562
NSN 5999-01-570-0554
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NSN 6135-01-511-1975
NSN 5895-01-272-9740
NSN 5905-01-111-4700
NSN 5835-00-764-4388