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.
NSN 5965-00-445-1843
NSN 5925-01-155-3721
NSN 7035-01-421-4446
NSN 6220-01-425-1588
NSN 4140-01-113-8886
NSN 6150-01-105-4660
NSN 5920-01-571-6166
NSN 5960-01-350-5332
NSN 6240-01-391-0399
NSN 5975-00-919-3715
NSN 5920-01-443-3771
NSN 5965-01-041-4978