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 5965-01-601-5636
NSN 5935-01-124-5518
NSN 6135-01-490-7704
NSN 5935-00-633-8302
NSN 5935-00-004-6003
NSN 6610-01-119-3048
NSN 5920-01-641-2084
NSN 5985-01-295-2893
NSN 6620-00-064-3598
NSN 6150-01-099-6797
NSN 6135-01-286-9563
NSN 5895-01-195-1199