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 6135-00-351-8606
NSN 5930-00-211-4316
NSN 6610-01-555-8596
NSN 5930-01-603-3572
NSN 5905-01-037-6442
NSN 5999-01-054-2103
NSN 5990-01-452-0911
NSN 6150-01-600-5746
NSN 5925-01-582-6403
NSN 6150-00-148-8515
NSN 5950-01-459-1379
NSN 6150-00-286-0827