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magnetic core memory

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magnetic core memory

The earliest form of computerised data storage, in which each bit of information was represented by a change in the direction (clock- or counterclockwise) of a magnetic field. Magnetic core memory was replaced by semiconductors, which are several orders of magnitude more powerful.
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