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 2925-00-258-9786
NSN 6105-00-986-8231
NSN 5999-00-840-6094
NSN 5935-01-095-1557
NSN 5975-00-228-7967
NSN 5855-00-928-1912
NSN 6645-00-609-7214
NSN 5950-00-397-3787
NSN 5855-00-198-3197
NSN 5905-01-010-3320
NSN 6150-01-446-5001
NSN 5925-00-906-3157