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 5965-01-528-6453
NSN 5935-00-956-7330
NSN 6110-01-449-1641
NSN 6610-01-448-8904
NSN 5935-01-256-3978
NSN 6240-01-299-8933
NSN 5935-00-422-1178
NSN 2925-00-450-7783
NSN 5915-01-037-2793
NSN 5999-00-618-1040
NSN 5935-00-052-7791
NSN 5855-01-225-3472