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 5945-00-168-2801
NSN 6645-01-333-2035
NSN 5990-01-355-8875
NSN 5930-00-560-3573
NSN 6130-00-775-2987
NSN 5895-01-437-9288
NSN 6685-01-196-9575
NSN 5935-01-037-6332
NSN 5960-01-023-8800
NSN 5905-01-425-8740
NSN 5905-00-409-1642
NSN 5905-01-245-6162