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 6685-01-275-4701
NSN 7035-00-312-3055
NSN 5925-01-056-6597
NSN 6220-00-186-8565
NSN 4140-00-076-4088
NSN 6150-01-495-5235
NSN 5855-01-029-8733
NSN 5855-01-398-9548
NSN 5905-00-069-8266
NSN 5990-00-968-4401
NSN 5945-01-196-8585
NSN 5895-01-026-1702