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 2925-01-368-5773
NSN 6610-00-817-8772
NSN 6610-01-298-5662
NSN 6105-01-469-7054
NSN 4140-01-534-6841
NSN 5985-01-188-7310
NSN 5998-01-181-4870
NSN 5950-00-230-8082
NSN 6240-01-371-3020
NSN 2925-01-454-2046
NSN 5895-00-966-2784
NSN 6150-01-353-3204