core#2 (n)
magnetic core (n)

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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def now superseded by semiconductor memories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
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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
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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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