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 6650-00-526-7785
NSN 6685-00-269-4895
NSN 6135-01-265-1384
NSN 5996-01-337-5022
NSN 5998-00-828-4059
NSN 5935-01-422-2613
NSN 6105-01-035-9190
NSN 5910-01-014-4268
NSN 5965-00-015-7408
NSN 6240-01-436-3794
NSN 6150-00-406-3493
NSN 5960-00-959-5226