core memory

American  

noun

Computers.

1. former term for main memory, which was composed of ring-shaped magnets called cores.

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Etymology

Origin of core memory

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

They say the destruction of their home in Section 14 formed a core memory that would shape the rest of their lives.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023

He visited the Paris Air Show as a boy with his father and has “a core memory of watching MIGs doing Cobra maneuvers overhead.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

What they did to me as a young child is they gave me a core memory of how to be accepted.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2022

She carried a core memory to the gathering: “When I was young, my brother locked himself out of the house,” she said.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2020

See spam; see also aliasing bug, fandango on core, memory leak, memory smash, precedence lossage, overrun screw.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.