English noun: magnetic core | |||
1. | magnetic core (artifact) (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories | ||
Samples | Each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit. | ||
Synonyms | core | ||
Broader (hypernym) | toroid, torus | ||
Part meronym | core memory, magnetic core memory, RAM, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||