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 6150-01-438-1445
NSN 4140-01-485-4992
NSN 6320-01-216-1678
NSN 5910-00-939-8222
NSN 5985-00-221-1563
NSN 6150-01-278-5485
NSN 6110-00-982-1351
NSN 6650-00-012-2430
NSN 6150-00-304-7342
NSN 6320-01-317-7312
NSN 6130-01-064-1909
NSN 6650-00-420-3593