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 4140-00-816-8820
NSN 6645-00-652-6723
NSN 5835-00-958-6231
NSN 6650-01-570-4795
NSN 5905-01-172-7186
NSN 6150-01-326-4093
NSN 5985-01-175-5793
NSN 6105-01-297-3818
NSN 6620-01-009-8809
NSN 6135-00-050-7189
NSN 5930-00-365-9973
NSN 5920-01-383-7108