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(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

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each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit

↑magnetic core memory, ↑core memory, ↑random-access memory, ↑random access memory, ↑random memory, ↑RAM, ↑read/write memory

1. : core 1i

2. : core 1 herein

1. Computers. core¹ (def. 12).

2. Elect. core¹ (def. 3).

magnetic core,

a tiny metal ring which can be magnetized in either of two directions to represent symbols used by a computer; memory core.