core memory
English
1KB core memory module (1961)
core memory closeup
diagram of a single core memory element
Etymology
From being a type of computer memory consisting of magnetic cores.
Noun
core memory (countable and uncountable, plural core memories)
- (computing, historical) A type of non-volatile random-access rewritable electronic memory using ferrite cores to magnetically store binary digits (bits).
- Synonyms: core, magnetic core memory, ferrite core memory
- 2014, Subrata Dasgupta, It Began with Babbage, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
- Wilkes, on his visit to America in summer and fall 1950 had witnessed the core memory being implemented on the Whirlwind at MIT—and as in the case of seeing the control matrix in the same machine, this made a strong impression on him.
Hypernyms
- NVRAM (non-volatile random access memory) (erasable memory)
- RAM (random-access memory) (erasable memory)
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See also
Further reading
magnetic-core memory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
core memory on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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