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 2925-01-252-8049
NSN 5950-00-904-6093
NSN 5965-01-633-8849
NSN 6685-00-244-1029
NSN 5935-00-897-2439
NSN 6610-01-644-2546
NSN 6685-00-186-9190
NSN 6135-01-319-5567
NSN 6150-00-213-2413
NSN 6645-01-598-3976
NSN 5985-01-363-8435
NSN 6645-01-380-2103