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 6240-00-431-4372
NSN 6220-01-238-4110
NSN 6105-01-649-9841
NSN 6645-00-938-2173
NSN 5910-01-430-0017
NSN 5915-00-828-5105
NSN 6320-01-125-3361
NSN 5945-00-661-0506
NSN 6135-00-299-6918
NSN 5950-01-570-8677
NSN 5920-00-199-9514
NSN 4140-00-397-3545