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 6620-01-278-4202
NSN 5930-01-429-9275
NSN 6610-01-409-1781
NSN 5975-00-477-9966
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NSN 6645-01-196-8616
NSN 5996-00-885-0399
NSN 6240-00-071-1280
NSN 6135-00-934-9550
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NSN 5990-00-197-0159
NSN 5945-00-548-4727