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 5920-00-987-1605
NSN 5915-01-500-5828
NSN 6240-01-263-5343
NSN 6135-01-174-2467
NSN 6145-01-465-4770
NSN 5855-01-440-9880
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NSN 6150-00-066-5544
NSN 5935-00-274-9772
NSN 6130-01-178-0589
NSN 6150-01-556-7388
NSN 5925-00-079-7401