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 2925-00-564-5967
NSN 5965-01-441-3876
NSN 6105-01-415-0598
NSN 5910-00-455-0869
NSN 5960-01-632-6576
NSN 7035-00-631-3782
NSN 4140-00-848-8465
NSN 5996-01-477-6709
NSN 5945-01-330-7549
NSN 6135-01-559-9637
NSN 5935-00-064-0702
NSN 5965-01-411-4767