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 6130-00-538-9798
NSN 5950-01-061-9874
NSN 5915-00-627-1129
NSN 6620-01-067-8336
NSN 5965-00-842-9060
NSN 5855-01-098-5192
NSN 5935-00-253-6548
NSN 5965-01-036-1325
NSN 5855-01-117-7207
NSN 5945-01-645-8236
NSN 6320-01-323-7565
NSN 5996-01-085-5031