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 6135-01-441-0402
NSN 5965-01-440-5618
NSN 6110-01-386-4055
NSN 5990-00-989-6839
NSN 6645-00-049-6713
NSN 5935-00-420-4444
NSN 6650-01-491-9340
NSN 5990-01-147-5225
NSN 5985-01-564-1419
NSN 5910-00-203-0566
NSN 6650-01-492-5263
NSN 5950-01-443-4029