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 6220-00-503-2831
NSN 5950-01-413-0793
NSN 6685-01-321-1768
NSN 6135-01-529-0122
NSN 5998-01-510-3837
NSN 6650-00-518-5194
NSN 5935-00-966-7470
NSN 5975-01-014-7231
NSN 6145-01-262-4781
NSN 6320-01-290-5271
NSN 5965-01-514-6933
NSN 6105-01-483-1506