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 2925-00-605-8520
NSN 5905-00-939-5470
NSN 6145-01-556-5598
NSN 6110-01-191-1335
NSN 5855-01-419-5285
NSN 5835-01-599-1876
NSN 5975-01-656-9772
NSN 5915-01-225-8183
NSN 5945-01-254-5906
NSN 5915-00-128-6251
NSN 5975-01-571-1097
NSN 5910-01-364-7702