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 2925-00-143-5859
NSN 6135-01-074-8220
NSN 5935-01-462-3759
NSN 5985-00-573-6608
NSN 7035-01-386-3004
NSN 2925-01-116-6838
NSN 5965-00-170-5254
NSN 6110-01-446-0584
NSN 6685-01-013-0052
NSN 4140-01-480-1301
NSN 5965-01-118-1416
NSN 6145-01-634-0388