core memory
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core memory
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* (sense 1): From being a type of computer memory consisting of magnetic cores.
* (sense 2): Popularized by the Pixar film Inside Out (2015), in which the character Riley has five "core memories", each forming the foundation of a "personality island" which represents an aspect of Riley's personality.
noun core memories
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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.
Similar: core, magnetic core memory, ferrite core memory
- 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.
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noun computing: type of memory
| Español | memoria nuclearia |
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