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 6610-01-266-8691
NSN 5925-01-534-2272
NSN 5975-00-204-9190
NSN 5910-01-238-3415
NSN 2925-01-653-9571
NSN 6105-00-986-8231
NSN 5895-01-513-3027
NSN 5925-01-332-2181
NSN 5985-01-462-9214
NSN 5925-01-432-6603
NSN 6240-00-531-3187
NSN 6145-00-027-9852