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 6220-01-607-1917
NSN 5945-01-090-8352
NSN 6130-00-762-7404
NSN 6650-00-207-9639
NSN 6145-01-469-6276
NSN 6150-00-221-2593
NSN 2925-01-144-0011
NSN 5935-01-056-5079
NSN 4140-00-456-2268
NSN 5998-01-345-8801
NSN 6685-01-150-4095
NSN 5930-01-111-4096