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 6105-01-058-9015
NSN 5975-00-734-6243
NSN 6130-00-289-7050
NSN 5910-01-368-5410
NSN 6610-01-099-9710
NSN 6650-01-399-0328
NSN 6320-01-422-1212
NSN 6110-01-320-9066
NSN 5925-00-437-2854
NSN 5935-00-372-5261
NSN 6130-00-598-2034
NSN 6240-01-399-0343