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1Magnetoresistive random access 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 Non volatile …
2Mass storage — This article describes mass storage in general. For the USB protocol, see USB mass storage device class. In computing, mass storage refers to the storage of large amounts of data in a persisting and machine readable fashion. Devices and/or… …
3Disk encryption software — To protect confidentiality of the data stored on a computer disk a computer security technique called disk encryption is used. This article discusses software that is used to implement the technique (for cryptographic aspects of the problem see… …
4History of the floppy disk — 8 inch, 5¼ inch, and 3½ inch floppy disks Over the history of the floppy disk a number of different formats were used. Floppy disks have now been largely superseded by other storage media and by network file transfer. Contents …
5Computer data storage — 1 GB of SDRAM mounted in a personal computer. An example of primary storage …
6Magnetic 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.… …
7Floppy disk — Floppy redirects here. For other uses, see Floppy (disambiguation). 8 inch, 5 1⁄4 inch, and 3 1⁄2 inch floppy disks …
83D optical data storage — is the term given to any form of optical data storage in which information can be recorded and/or read with three dimensional resolution (as opposed to the two dimensional resolution afforded, for example, by CD). [ Three Dimensional Optical Data …
9computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
10Timeline of binary prefixes — This article presents a terminology timeline of binary prefixes.1940s; 1943 1944:*J.W. Tukey coins the word bit as an abbreviation of binary digit . [http://catb.org/ esr/jargon/html/B/bit.html The Jargon File (version 4.4.7)] ] ; 1948:*… …
