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 5835-00-779-2836
NSN 6650-01-581-6243
NSN 5895-01-411-8906
NSN 5895-01-198-4515
NSN 5960-01-146-0289
NSN 5920-01-525-3918
NSN 5910-00-933-9353
NSN 6610-01-047-7245
NSN 5915-01-170-4308
NSN 6320-00-343-1798
NSN 6150-00-359-2019
NSN 6135-00-835-7211