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 2925-00-073-9375
NSN 6645-00-258-8547
NSN 5895-01-136-1195
NSN 6320-01-547-9877
NSN 6645-01-150-2039
NSN 6650-01-206-3584
NSN 5950-00-648-7193
NSN 5965-01-109-2917
NSN 5930-00-911-8818
NSN 5975-00-842-5274
NSN 5950-01-206-5568
NSN 5998-01-255-9770