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 2925-00-071-4197
NSN 5950-01-123-1493
NSN 4140-01-197-8148
NSN 5935-00-872-6373
NSN 6130-01-492-6998
NSN 6320-01-372-8671
NSN 6110-00-225-9021
NSN 6610-01-421-6910
NSN 6135-01-236-8603
NSN 5925-01-307-2008
NSN 5985-00-648-2081
NSN 6150-01-220-5604