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 6610-00-350-1091
NSN 5930-01-162-2951
NSN 6135-01-559-1578
NSN 2925-01-127-0167
NSN 5835-01-519-2916
NSN 6650-01-537-6906
NSN 6145-00-730-3933
NSN 6650-00-007-3374
NSN 5895-01-031-6751
NSN 5975-01-440-8777
NSN 5905-00-570-8267
NSN 5920-00-135-4930