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31Magnetic stripe card — An example of the reverse side of a typical credit card: Green circle #1 labels the Magnetic stripe A magnetic stripe card is a type of card capable of storing data by modifying the magnetism of tiny iron based magnetic particles on a band of… …
32Bubble chamber — A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid (most often liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. It was invented in 1952 by Donald A. Glaser, for which he was awarded the 1960 …
33Magnetic confinement fusion — TCV inner view, with graphite clad torus Magnetic confinement fusion is an approach to generating fusion power that uses magnetic fields to confine the hot fusion fuel in the form of a plasma. Magnetic confinement is one of two major branches of… …
34bubble — n. & v. n. 1 a a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air etc. b an air filled cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass or amber. 2 the sound or appearance of boiling. 3 a transparent domed cavity. 4 a visionary or unrealistic project… …
35Magnetic tape — 7 inch reel of ¼ inch wide audio recording tape, typical of consumer use in the 1950s–70s. Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic. It was developed in Germany,… …
36Magnetic ink character recognition — Cheque sample for a fictional bank in Canada using par crossing MICR encoding for cashing in the United States Magnetic Ink Character Recognition, or MICR, is a character recognition technology used primarily by the banking industry to facilitate …
37bubble memory — Computers. a storage medium employing tiny, movable, bubble shaped magnetized areas within a magnetic material to represent data bits. [1970 75] * * * …
38bubble memory — noun Date: 1969 a computer memory that uses magnetic bubbles to store information …
39bubble memory — bub′ble mem ory n. cmp a computer storage medium that uses magnetic bubbles to represent data bits • Etymology: 1970–75 …
40bubble memory — noun : a computer memory that uses magnetic bubbles to store information …
