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 6135-01-069-2482
NSN 5910-00-883-3290
NSN 7035-01-530-2766
NSN 4140-01-548-6031
NSN 6145-01-254-7811
NSN 6130-00-902-2570
NSN 5930-01-624-4705
NSN 7035-01-068-4175
NSN 5950-00-300-4763
NSN 6105-00-719-3943
NSN 6620-00-290-6505
NSN 6145-00-926-3456