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 6610-00-701-2600
NSN 5895-01-348-4112
NSN 6135-00-377-9165
NSN 5950-00-018-0499
NSN 5905-01-424-3146
NSN 5855-00-237-4088
NSN 5910-01-349-6833
NSN 5855-01-337-0245
NSN 6240-00-215-8550
NSN 7035-01-547-5046
NSN 4140-01-107-7097
NSN 5965-01-568-5399