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 6135-01-384-3915
NSN 6220-00-707-5044
NSN 5925-01-118-7438
NSN 6620-01-253-0374
NSN 5950-00-904-0210
NSN 5935-01-630-9302
NSN 6150-00-875-0739
NSN 5895-00-643-3980
NSN 5915-01-456-1111
NSN 6145-01-419-1841
NSN 5930-00-403-4269
NSN 6145-01-361-8985