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 4140-00-235-6377
NSN 5930-01-645-9147
NSN 6130-01-204-5137
NSN 5945-01-187-0701
NSN 5905-01-327-3519
NSN 5935-01-608-5814
NSN 5965-01-260-0780
NSN 5920-01-351-2193
NSN 6105-00-999-8806
NSN 2925-01-607-4340
NSN 5960-01-154-3719
NSN 5910-01-221-1121