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 2925-00-391-0331
NSN 5835-01-355-3654
NSN 5965-01-210-7784
NSN 6645-01-379-5391
NSN 5990-01-340-1306
NSN 6645-00-050-3738
NSN 5990-01-146-9126
NSN 5925-00-007-7785
NSN 5998-00-163-3265
NSN 6610-01-633-8931
NSN 5835-00-941-4959
NSN 5975-01-486-3401