core
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8.8
- noun
- /kɔr/
- Archaic
- Their computer equipment was nearly as antiquated as the 36K of wire-wrapped core memory under the navigation console.
Examples
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Do you have the Core Memories?
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But yes, today has been like core memory.
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If you get in here, these Core Memories will get sad.
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All the good Core Memories were made in Minnesota.
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In the IBM JBIG-ABIC core, the stripe order is handled by the core driver software.
Academic text (1998) -
Jay Forster was working on a magnetic memory core for digital computers in Project Whirlwind.
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The early computers relied on the core memory technology to store data efficiently.
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Engineers designed a new core for the magnetic memory system, improving data retention.
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In Project Whirlwind, they experimented with a ferrite core as a memory element.
Synonyms
1
8.6
A small ring in old computers that stores one piece of information
Idioms
Compounds
12
3.5
A small group of people who are most important in a larger organization or activity
3
3.4
Strength in the muscles around your stomach and back that helps you stay steady and move
- Archaic
1
8.1
An old kind of computer storage that uses small magnetic rings to hold data
- Specialized
1
6.1
A tool that cuts out a round piece from hard materials like concrete or rock
- Specialized
1
7.7
A file that shows what is in a computer's memory when a program crashes to help find errors
- Archaic
1
8.3
A group of tiny magnetic rings used in old computers to store data
- Specialized
1
7.8
A hollow cutting cylinder used in a drill to remove a sample of rock or concrete
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5.5
A very important thing someone remembers that shapes who they are and their choices
- Specialized
A machine that uses compressed air to pack sand into a box to make sand shapes for molds
- Specialized
A machine that makes sand shapes for metal casting by blowing sand into a mold
- Specialized
A machine in a metal workshop that forces sand into a mould to make cores
- Specialized
A small dangerous mass of radioactive metal used in early US tests that caused fatal accidents
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word core comes from Latin cor 'heart'; early computers used small magnetic rings called 'cores' because they were the parts that stored memory, the 'heart' of the memory system.