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 6320-00-538-2132
NSN 6320-00-110-8005
NSN 6320-01-436-0513
NSN 5925-00-163-3953
NSN 6145-01-113-5955
NSN 5910-01-590-1695
NSN 5996-01-415-4629
NSN 5996-01-123-9038
NSN 5855-00-560-0110
NSN 5915-01-325-6098
NSN 5905-00-389-6252
NSN 6620-00-119-2803