21.4 megabytes of formatted capacity; designed for single user desktop systems or as an up-grade for a personal computer; 65 millisecond average access time; standard half-height; data transfer rate of 5.0 megabits per second
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 5950-00-222-5418
NSN 6240-01-485-3116
NSN 5855-01-159-1654
NSN 6130-00-682-3350
NSN 5950-01-211-6459
NSN 5935-01-269-8266
NSN 5945-00-045-6255
NSN 6145-01-352-6888
NSN 6650-00-139-5459
NSN 5960-00-627-8574
NSN 6320-01-501-7935
NSN 5999-00-419-3998