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 6240-00-617-9599
NSN 5920-01-576-5621
NSN 5855-00-294-7532
NSN 5835-00-992-0087
NSN 5996-00-711-6088
NSN 6135-00-553-7995
NSN 5990-00-857-8326
NSN 6645-01-601-1707
NSN 6110-00-045-3092
NSN 6320-01-352-5653
NSN 6145-00-153-2818
NSN 5920-00-019-9044