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 6240-01-142-2963
NSN 5925-01-235-0710
NSN 5895-00-461-4858
NSN 5905-01-074-5440
NSN 5935-01-015-8808
NSN 5999-01-299-9268
NSN 7035-01-466-1577
NSN 7035-01-539-2939
NSN 6150-01-400-4211
NSN 5945-00-081-9491
NSN 6620-01-325-4220
NSN 7035-00-275-5604