21.4 megabytes of formatted capacity; designed for single user desktop systems or as an up-grade for a personal computer; 65 millisecond average access time; standard half-height; data transfer rate of 5.0 megabits per second
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 5835-00-698-9824
NSN 7035-00-541-8516
NSN 5996-01-015-4142
NSN 5960-00-627-8574
NSN 7035-00-188-6674
NSN 6145-01-550-1477
NSN 5950-01-155-3096
NSN 5835-01-412-0344
NSN 6105-00-881-9979
NSN 6645-01-453-8273
NSN 6620-01-160-3475
NSN 5905-00-453-5075