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MAGNETIC CORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic core mean? 

MAGNETIC CORE (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC CORE has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memoriesplay

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC CORE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAGNETIC CORE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

core; magnetic core

Context example:

each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit

Hypernyms ("magnetic core" is a kind of...):

toroid; torus (a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Holonyms ("magnetic core" is a part of...):

core memory; magnetic core memory ((computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories)

RAM; random-access memory; random access memory; random memory; read/write memory (the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible)


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