n03108069
| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 06 |
| def | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data |
| def | now superseded by semiconductor memories |
| examples | each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | torus, toroid |
| Part holonym | magnetic core memory, core memory; random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory |
| Domain of synset - TOPIC | computer science, computing |
| Incoming links | |
| Part meronym | magnetic core memory, core memory; random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory |
| Member of this domain - TOPIC | computer science, computing |
| Hyponym | torus, toroid |
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