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 6220-00-287-9939
NSN 5945-01-598-5660
NSN 7035-01-245-2858
NSN 6150-00-393-0498
NSN 5950-00-710-3081
NSN 5905-01-536-2354
NSN 6135-01-222-0703
NSN 5835-01-022-6362
NSN 6110-01-646-0840
NSN 7035-01-563-6712
NSN 6135-01-415-1163
NSN 5910-00-103-7010