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 5945-00-857-4463
NSN 6105-01-166-4923
NSN 5950-01-020-2249
NSN 6135-01-046-6803
NSN 5925-01-560-0490
NSN 6240-01-443-6416
NSN 5920-01-510-9172
NSN 5910-00-186-0917
NSN 6150-01-044-3377
NSN 4140-01-257-6571
NSN 5975-01-194-3419
NSN 5999-01-582-8541