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 6150-00-189-0292
NSN 6135-01-400-2947
NSN 5985-01-130-3647
NSN 5960-00-518-8204
NSN 7035-01-504-2204
NSN 5930-01-468-0757
NSN 6240-01-250-3574
NSN 6150-01-523-1373
NSN 6610-00-150-7002
NSN 5915-00-433-6060
NSN 5915-01-381-3087
NSN 5920-01-255-2112