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core memories

core memories is the plural of core memory.

Meaning of core memory

Noun

core memory (countable and uncountable, plural core memories)

  1. (historical) A type of non-volatile random-access rewritable electronic memory using ferrite cores to magnetically store binary digits (bits).
    • 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.2014, Subrata Dasgupta, It Began with Babbage, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. (countable, informal) A memory, especially one formed in childhood, which recalls a deeply significant event in one's life and can be remembered years later.
    • My high school graduation is a core memory.

Questions about core memories

What is core memories the plural of?
Core memories is the plural of core memory.

Words near core memories in the dictionary

  1. core locks
  2. core loop
  3. core loops
  4. core loss
  5. core losses
  6. core memories
  7. core memory
  8. core print
  9. core prints
  10. core sample
  11. core samples

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