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 2925-00-258-9786
NSN 6110-01-013-9313
NSN 6650-01-024-9554
NSN 6320-01-453-5152
NSN 6150-01-612-4716
NSN 6135-01-423-7502
NSN 5998-00-661-0380
NSN 5855-01-063-6340
NSN 7035-00-329-4015
NSN 4140-01-310-1988
NSN 6145-00-966-2377
NSN 5999-01-541-5455