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 4140-00-541-9077
NSN 5930-01-418-5643
NSN 6240-01-436-9868
NSN 6650-01-008-6080
NSN 6145-01-491-6785
NSN 5950-01-186-2532
NSN 5945-00-471-5498
NSN 6650-01-250-8211
NSN 5975-00-246-4906
NSN 6650-00-942-2796
NSN 5990-01-417-4402
NSN 6105-00-592-8578