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 6610-00-081-2365
NSN 5945-01-649-4950
NSN 6145-00-170-4044
NSN 7035-01-299-7240
NSN 6150-00-001-2459
NSN 5855-01-179-8887
NSN 5950-00-485-3734
NSN 6240-01-302-3838
NSN 6110-00-374-4805
NSN 5975-00-203-8416
NSN 5950-00-583-8894
NSN 6135-01-452-8999