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 5935-00-535-2309
NSN 6135-01-186-4010
NSN 5975-01-283-4085
NSN 4140-00-356-1979
NSN 6130-00-245-3251
NSN 6110-00-187-4537
NSN 5835-00-187-1481
NSN 2925-00-386-1127
NSN 6110-01-217-8817
NSN 5920-01-529-7697
NSN 6145-00-553-8196
NSN 5965-00-549-0220