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 2925-01-327-3069
NSN 5855-01-510-4564
NSN 5996-01-302-2128
NSN 5996-01-330-4869
NSN 5985-00-455-1688
NSN 5950-00-399-1037
NSN 5935-00-679-3927
NSN 6620-01-483-4519
NSN 5975-01-528-3003
NSN 5996-01-292-0053
NSN 6240-01-225-9508
NSN 5835-00-166-9413