Magnetic-core memory
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magnetic-core-memory-162-8944
title:
Magnetic-core memory
text:
In computing, magnetic-core memory is a form of random-access memory. It predominated for roughly 20 years between 1955 and 1975, and is often just called core memory, or, informally, core. Core memory uses toroids (rings) of a hard magnetic material. Each core stores one bit of information. Two or more wires pass through each core, forming an X-Y array of cores. When an electrical current above a certain threshold is applied to the wires, the core will become magnetized. The core to be assigned
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of computer memory used from 1955 to 1975
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory
date created:
2002-08-30T16:41:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T14:35:10Z
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