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 6650-01-235-0981
NSN 5920-01-295-3267
NSN 4140-00-508-0875
NSN 2925-00-973-2574
NSN 2925-01-660-0669
NSN 6150-00-242-3717
NSN 5920-01-180-8307
NSN 5905-01-472-3430
NSN 6240-00-807-8512
NSN 2925-01-283-6740
NSN 6220-00-205-2040
NSN 6610-01-305-8863