computer memory
physical device used to store information for immediate use in a digital electronic device
keyboard buffer
section of computer memory used to hold keystrokes before they are processed
Read-write memory
type of computer memory that may be relatively easily written to as well as read from
quantum memory
coherence-preserving memory for quantum information
delay line memory
sequential-access refreshable memory, in which amplifier and a pulse shaper are connected between the output of the delay line and the input, creating a loop that maintains the signal
external memory
of computer
Big memory
large amount of random-access memory
content-addressable memory
special type of computer memory used in certain very-high-speed searching applications
Memory map
data structure
volatile memory
computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information; needs constant power in order to prevent data from being erased
drum memory
magnetic data storage device
Mellon optical memory
computer memory using photoemissive and phosphorescent materials to make a “light loop”, encoding bits by whether light was present or not, invented at the Mellon Institute in 1951
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