Special Features:

Items are being coded as critical to insure source inspection will be performed at the point of manufacture, prior to material receipt by the us navy or other dod components. These items are piece parts or end items in support of vital military hardware necessary to sustain the successful mission of the ships, submarines, and shore stations of the us navy. Critical features including, but not limited to, dimensions, tolerances/clearances, electronic characteristics, and metallurgical properties will bespecified for government q ar (quality assurance representatives) to insure the highest possible degree of quality and reliability of these parts being delivered under navicp contracts

Properties:

An electronic item which accepts and systematically retains digital or analog input data in such a manner as to facilitate rapid recovery of the stored information. The item consists of one or more memory array frames and wound magnetic cores. It may include core selector circuitry, signal drivers, and memory address register. See also magnetic drum, data storage.