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magnetic bubble

noun

, Computers.
  1. a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium magneticbubblememory.


magnetic bubble

noun

  1. physics a small round magnetic domain induced by a magnetic field in a thin film of magnetic material, used in certain types of computer memories
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of magnetic bubble1

First recorded in 1965–70

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