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 6650-01-491-2008
NSN 7035-01-403-2841
NSN 5930-01-468-0148
NSN 5999-00-470-7849
NSN 5990-00-226-1152
NSN 6105-01-384-9272
NSN 6240-01-275-3770
NSN 5996-01-597-4912
NSN 5930-00-899-9645
NSN 6105-00-292-4110
NSN 5925-01-529-1895
NSN 6135-00-643-4843