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 2925-00-343-3235
NSN 6150-01-660-1198
NSN 5935-01-441-0087
NSN 5945-00-533-8068
NSN 2925-01-250-2731
NSN 2925-01-154-2949
NSN 5996-00-277-7384
NSN 2925-00-831-7024
NSN 6110-01-432-0003
NSN 5965-00-377-0301
NSN 5835-01-535-0948
NSN 5835-00-494-8419