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 6240-00-785-8398
NSN 5855-01-203-4719
NSN 6145-01-311-2799
NSN 5935-00-962-8423
NSN 5975-01-461-3794
NSN 5975-01-445-9107
NSN 5855-01-232-9440
NSN 5990-01-198-0115
NSN 5965-00-529-0602
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NSN 5975-00-806-2113
NSN 5895-00-066-7220