magnetic bubble

  • 11magnetic bubble — noun Date: 1969 a tiny movable magnetized cylindrical volume in a thin magnetic material that along with other like volumes can be used to represent a bit of information (as in a computer) …

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  • 12magnetic bubble — magnet′ic bub′ble n. cmp a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid state computer storage medium(magnet′ic bub′ble mem ory) • Etymology: 1965–1970 …

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  • 13magnetic bubble storage —    Storage medium composed of a very thin layer of magnetic garnet material; under the influence of external fields, the bubbles can be maneuvered to represent information bits …

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  • 14Magnetic Bubble Memory System —   A type of computer memory which uses the orientation of magnetism in a material to record the 0s and 1s of computer data. So far this technology has only limited commercial application …

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  • 15magnetic recording — magnetic recorder. the process of recording sound or other data on magnetic tape, wire, etc. [1940 45] * * * ▪ electronics Introduction       method of preserving sounds, pictures, and data in the form of electrical signals through the selective… …

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  • 16Bubble memory — Computer memory types Volatile RAM DRAM (e.g., DDR SDRAM) SRAM In development T RAM Z RAM TTRAM Historical Delay line memory Selectron tube Williams tube …

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  • 17Magnetic domain — Several grains of NdFeB with magnetic domains made visible via contrast with a Kerr microscope. A magnetic domain describes a region within a magnetic material which has uniform magnetization. This means that the individual magnetic moments of… …

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  • 18bubble — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bobel Date: 14th century 1. a small globule typically hollow and light: as a. a small body of gas within a liquid b. a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas c. a globule in a… …

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  • 19bubble — bub•ble [[t]ˈbʌb əl[/t]] n. v. bled, bling 1) phs a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid 2) phs a small globule of gas in a thin liquid envelope 3) phs a globule of air or gas, or a globular vacuum, contained in a solid 4) cmp… …

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  • 20Bubble memory —   Refer instead to Magnetic Bubble Memory System …

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