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 2925-00-221-8529
NSN 5985-01-310-7797
NSN 6220-01-654-0007
NSN 6135-00-735-8530
NSN 6610-00-994-8472
NSN 5985-01-500-1898
NSN 2925-01-077-6867
NSN 6110-00-723-6341
NSN 6130-00-146-5303
NSN 2925-01-355-5280
NSN 5945-01-504-0708
NSN 5910-01-564-5842