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 6610-00-261-8159
NSN 5945-01-409-2718
NSN 5950-01-597-3001
NSN 5895-01-521-3633
NSN 4140-01-351-1014
NSN 6320-01-462-2295
NSN 5985-01-521-4345
NSN 7035-01-365-9610
NSN 6110-00-937-3074
NSN 5895-01-562-7542
NSN 7035-00-205-8739
NSN 5985-01-593-9593