W/controller; a1a2, ti 6330.8, asde3/rms, pg 8-2
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 5990-00-686-5868
NSN 5960-01-358-9733
NSN 5945-00-580-0873
NSN 6645-00-825-5677
NSN 6150-01-513-8646
NSN 6240-01-531-0252
NSN 5975-01-213-0559
NSN 2925-00-486-8640
NSN 2925-01-212-1040
NSN 6650-00-195-7519
NSN 6130-01-370-1447
NSN 6130-01-293-6051