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 6320-00-546-9249
NSN 5855-01-436-0512
NSN 6240-01-406-9057
NSN 6145-00-399-5201
NSN 5935-01-541-1375
NSN 2925-01-424-0235
NSN 5925-01-634-0664
NSN 5920-00-227-6179
NSN 6650-01-537-0443
NSN 6240-00-280-8502
NSN 6220-01-294-0764
NSN 6220-00-928-6163