magnetic bubble medium
1magnetic bubble — noun : a tiny magnetized cylindrical volume that is formed in a thin amorphous or crystalline magnetic material, can be moved by a magnetic field, and can be used with other like volumes to represent a bit of information (as in a computer) * * *… …
2magnetic bubble — Computers. a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory). Cf. bubble memory. [1965 70] * * * …
3magnetic 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 …
4magnetic 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 …
5magnetic 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… …
6Bubble 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 …
7Magnetic storage — and magnetic recording are terms from engineering referring to the storage of data on a magnetized medium. Magnetic storage uses different patterns of magnetization in a magnetizable material to store data and is a form of non volatile memory.… …
8Magnetic core memory — Magnetic core memory, or ferrite core memory, is an early form of random access computer memory. It uses small magnetic ceramic rings, the cores , through which wires are threaded to store information via the polarity of the magnetic field they… …
9Magnetic-core memory — A 32 x 32 core memory plane storing 1024 bits of data. Computer memory types Volatile RAM DRAM (e.g., DDR SDRAM) SRA …
10Magnetic 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,… …
