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 5985-00-369-0649
NSN 5935-01-211-2640
NSN 6135-01-422-1440
NSN 6110-00-422-2897
NSN 6135-00-044-3860
NSN 4140-01-437-9668
NSN 5950-00-358-1140
NSN 4140-01-549-0975
NSN 5905-00-779-9817
NSN 5925-00-109-2232
NSN 6610-01-200-6861
NSN 5905-00-430-5494