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 5930-01-203-1717
NSN 7035-01-022-1008
NSN 6650-00-848-9892
NSN 6110-01-045-4160
NSN 5945-01-442-5669
NSN 6145-01-290-5808
NSN 5905-01-536-6665
NSN 6610-01-604-1744
NSN 6150-00-735-3260
NSN 6620-01-486-8002
NSN 6110-01-396-0864
NSN 5999-01-162-4023