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 5835-00-572-7445
NSN 5985-01-264-3883
NSN 6240-01-442-3501
NSN 6110-00-129-8714
NSN 5935-01-253-8244
NSN 5945-01-011-9979
NSN 5975-00-339-3313
NSN 5895-01-452-3852
NSN 5996-01-602-5655
NSN 6620-01-141-1145
NSN 5950-01-159-5694
NSN 6135-00-299-6918