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 4140-00-925-4149
NSN 5855-01-089-2248
NSN 5965-01-113-6654
NSN 6650-00-754-2276
NSN 5835-01-632-6627
NSN 5975-00-705-2061
NSN 4140-00-975-5070
NSN 6645-01-463-3441
NSN 7035-01-078-6252
NSN 6110-00-770-2625
NSN 6320-00-295-2854
NSN 5855-01-147-4785