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 6650-00-921-8463
NSN 6620-01-512-5513
NSN 6650-01-413-2480
NSN 2925-00-707-6770
NSN 6610-00-104-9737
NSN 5905-00-791-4213
NSN 6610-00-346-4309
NSN 2925-00-246-3077
NSN 6320-00-004-9158
NSN 2925-01-149-2865
NSN 6145-00-110-4127
NSN 5905-01-645-4437