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 5945-00-633-1231
NSN 5930-00-671-5837
NSN 5950-01-205-0491
NSN 5965-01-423-5159
NSN 5835-01-576-9013
NSN 6240-01-534-2987
NSN 5935-00-221-5483
NSN 5975-00-930-1621
NSN 5920-01-600-5847
NSN 5985-01-145-7353
NSN 2925-01-597-7531
NSN 6240-01-358-9980