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 6240-01-304-6355
NSN 6620-01-349-8685
NSN 6105-00-729-9837
NSN 6220-01-209-2363
NSN 6645-01-390-3442
NSN 6240-01-399-8573
NSN 6650-00-726-4242
NSN 5975-01-034-5872
NSN 5985-00-518-1748
NSN 6105-01-607-6572
NSN 5985-01-172-6098
NSN 6645-01-311-0492