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: Electronic integrated circuits and microassembly parts
NSN 6685-01-457-4511
NSN 5835-01-416-6455
NSN 5960-00-393-2505
NSN 5998-01-061-9346
NSN 7035-01-534-2780
NSN 5985-00-239-2146
NSN 5960-00-939-6039
NSN 5996-00-642-9832
NSN 4140-00-480-2592
NSN 6610-00-570-0304
NSN 2925-01-214-5333
NSN 5930-01-558-3069