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 6220-00-337-5905
NSN 5920-00-401-0217
NSN 5965-01-030-4222
NSN 5855-00-688-9954
NSN 5905-00-497-7976
NSN 5965-00-448-9923
NSN 5895-00-828-7687
NSN 5999-00-823-4755
NSN 5910-01-020-7700
NSN 5985-00-467-1838
NSN 6320-01-054-3046
NSN 6650-01-450-0790