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.
NSN 5925-00-280-2273
NSN 6135-00-165-3756
NSN 5945-01-571-8551
NSN 5960-01-570-8605
NSN 5985-01-591-1535
NSN 5910-01-334-7381
NSN 5935-01-248-4982
NSN 6135-01-619-1582
NSN 5920-01-155-7685
NSN 6145-01-591-9099
NSN 5835-01-305-8866
NSN 4140-01-099-1698