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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories;
- Example: "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"
[syn: core, magnetic core]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

magnetic core
    n 1: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a
         random access memory to store one bit of data; now
         superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three
         wires passing through it, providing the means to select and
         detect the contents of each bit" [syn: core, magnetic
         core]