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 2925-01-327-3069
NSN 6620-01-438-0415
NSN 6685-00-880-8753
NSN 5990-01-208-1101
NSN 5935-01-217-3281
NSN 6620-01-648-1594
NSN 6135-01-034-5202
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NSN 4140-00-397-9252
NSN 5855-00-610-4052
NSN 5895-01-392-9677
NSN 5855-01-103-1474