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 5835-01-318-9068
NSN 6240-00-486-8447
NSN 6110-00-676-7613
NSN 5910-01-370-7751
NSN 6240-00-805-0955
NSN 6320-01-270-1419
NSN 6620-01-608-8548
NSN 5855-01-028-8387
NSN 4140-01-044-2880
NSN 5895-01-524-9157
NSN 5965-01-274-7933
NSN 6610-01-153-0700