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 4140-01-128-9614
NSN 5835-01-368-1013
NSN 5855-01-517-4252
NSN 6220-01-594-6883
NSN 4140-01-508-9128
NSN 5999-00-552-8110
NSN 6240-01-437-9439
NSN 5905-01-519-3666
NSN 5935-01-647-9324
NSN 6110-01-417-8035
NSN 5895-00-810-9050
NSN 6105-01-133-8460