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 5835-01-290-9763
NSN 4140-01-346-9293
NSN 5910-00-795-9655
NSN 5950-01-330-7244
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NSN 5965-01-045-0247
NSN 5996-01-525-9478
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NSN 6620-01-370-6829
NSN 5960-01-439-3731
NSN 6150-01-186-6560