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 2925-01-625-6841
NSN 5950-00-145-3625
NSN 7035-01-227-7492
NSN 6240-00-623-4784
NSN 6220-01-412-1799
NSN 6645-01-185-3461
NSN 6240-01-073-4732
NSN 6620-01-232-8552
NSN 6610-00-944-2925
NSN 5985-00-151-4538
NSN 5835-01-097-5693
NSN 6105-01-538-5866