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 6105-00-570-8663
NSN 6320-01-232-4664
NSN 5905-00-862-1153
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NSN 5895-01-190-7042
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NSN 6240-01-388-2413
NSN 7035-01-036-0236
NSN 5996-01-551-3693
NSN 5960-01-429-2168