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 6240-01-608-4875
NSN 5855-00-298-0261
NSN 5950-00-251-9955
NSN 6105-01-429-9796
NSN 5965-01-595-9498
NSN 5910-01-469-5989
NSN 5985-00-899-6917
NSN 5930-01-461-6557
NSN 5910-01-181-5677
NSN 5950-00-666-1887
NSN 5925-01-603-9464
NSN 6135-00-505-0679