Definitions for magnetic core

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

magnet′ic core′(n.)

  1. Category: Computers

    Ref: core (def. 8). 1 1 12

Princeton's WordNet

  1. core, magnetic core(noun)

    (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories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


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