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 2925-00-928-5931
NSN 5965-01-067-4946
NSN 5905-01-394-4570
NSN 6645-01-185-7684
NSN 5965-01-260-9551
NSN 2925-00-449-2478
NSN 6650-00-914-6897
NSN 5985-01-352-5696
NSN 5960-01-624-1170
NSN 5925-01-593-4725
NSN 6320-00-004-9158
NSN 5925-01-613-5869