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 6240-01-178-9113
NSN 5905-00-126-8846
NSN 6105-01-441-1184
NSN 6150-01-142-9161
NSN 6220-01-004-1152
NSN 6150-01-052-9020
NSN 5925-00-836-7914
NSN 5925-01-606-3762
NSN 5895-00-008-6988
NSN 5935-01-151-5144
NSN 2925-00-150-7334
NSN 5915-00-058-5883