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 2925-00-853-5039
NSN 5965-00-468-3071
NSN 6110-00-006-7987
NSN 6150-01-318-7761
NSN 6645-01-490-5948
NSN 5998-01-612-7196
NSN 6240-00-753-7586
NSN 5925-00-222-6199
NSN 5950-01-194-7443
NSN 5835-01-090-0784
NSN 6110-00-250-7913
NSN 6645-00-580-9605