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 4140-01-038-7659
NSN 6320-01-346-5158
NSN 6135-00-542-6216
NSN 5985-00-958-1644
NSN 4140-00-295-0787
NSN 6110-01-451-6087
NSN 5905-01-381-6386
NSN 5905-01-341-9706
NSN 4140-00-236-1089
NSN 5990-01-587-8562
NSN 5920-01-280-5089
NSN 5925-00-927-6969