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 6220-00-438-5049
NSN 6150-01-387-5085
NSN 6650-01-279-0658
NSN 6645-01-606-7684
NSN 6620-00-969-9809
NSN 5950-00-682-3065
NSN 5945-00-520-6043
NSN 5996-00-731-1759
NSN 6320-01-416-7993
NSN 5905-01-119-4259
NSN 6685-00-273-7036
NSN 5950-01-022-3145