magnetic bubble
nounComputers.
a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory ).
Origin of magnetic bubble
1First recorded in 1965–70
- Compare bubble memory.
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British Dictionary definitions for magnetic bubble
magnetic bubble
noun
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
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