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microdrive

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌdraɪv /

noun

  1. a type of memory card that has moving parts and can store large amounts of data

“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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Microdrive assembly devices were custom-made and have been previously described31.

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One 32-channel headstage was plugged into each 8-tetrode microdrive assembly.

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Locations of all tetrodes were identified by comparing relative locations of tracks in the brain with the locations of individual tetrode guide tubes within the microdrive assembly.

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Its Sinclair QL was designed to outperform IBM's PCs, but its tape-based Microdrive storage was unreliable and the British company did not offer the kind of telephone support the corporate sector required.

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Here we find Caruso carrying on the family business of thwarting terrorists—in this case, a rogue ex-U.S. intelligence officer armed with a microdrive of diplomatic secrets.

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