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 2925-00-441-8252
NSN 6150-01-552-5788
NSN 6110-00-801-8032
NSN 5895-00-157-1332
NSN 6220-01-312-5509
NSN 5990-01-265-8082
NSN 5920-01-290-3771
NSN 6620-00-079-0311
NSN 5996-00-525-1777
NSN 5990-00-419-0236
NSN 5915-01-033-6498
NSN 5855-01-563-1667