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 5975-00-398-9716
NSN 6135-01-111-1495
NSN 5835-01-285-8650
NSN 6650-01-154-1870
NSN 5996-01-312-1727
NSN 5930-01-156-1513
NSN 5920-01-244-8299
NSN 5910-00-478-4392
NSN 5990-01-087-7081
NSN 5975-01-055-2025
NSN 6135-01-426-8282
NSN 5998-00-250-6583