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 5895-01-441-9089
NSN 6110-00-553-8816
NSN 4140-00-071-2209
NSN 5835-01-332-2867
NSN 5895-01-500-3710
NSN 4140-01-612-5186
NSN 7035-00-360-2008
NSN 6105-01-470-4090
NSN 6220-01-623-4741
NSN 6145-01-427-3520
NSN 5985-01-073-1397
NSN 5935-01-487-5092