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 2925-01-562-1663
NSN 5996-00-280-7289
NSN 6110-00-986-8993
NSN 6130-00-753-2807
NSN 5935-00-779-9789
NSN 5950-01-275-0325
NSN 2925-01-032-3814
NSN 5945-01-265-2868
NSN 5960-00-226-6787
NSN 5950-01-433-2995
NSN 6220-00-921-6948
NSN 6110-01-536-0142