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 6105-00-395-7045
NSN 5925-00-627-2011
NSN 2925-01-421-8532
NSN 5965-01-241-9865
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NSN 5950-00-924-1893
NSN 6240-00-419-3185
NSN 5996-00-294-7045
NSN 5895-00-470-5023
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NSN 5935-01-227-5710
NSN 5985-00-100-4902