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 6145-00-188-3657
NSN 2925-00-478-3742
NSN 6135-01-413-4747
NSN 5835-01-362-8367
NSN 7035-00-079-7189
NSN 5855-01-152-0506
NSN 5935-00-932-2977
NSN 6685-01-507-3158
NSN 5905-01-258-1912
NSN 6105-01-119-3514
NSN 5925-01-224-1758
NSN 5935-00-493-5564