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 2925-01-463-8856
NSN 6130-01-521-6409
NSN 7035-01-293-3431
NSN 6320-01-255-2096
NSN 6610-01-281-7536
NSN 2925-01-463-8856
NSN 5990-00-949-7782
NSN 5965-01-262-9608
NSN 5855-01-387-1928
NSN 6620-01-224-9331
NSN 5945-01-350-0053
NSN 5930-01-145-0094