Mellon optical memory was an early form of computer memory invented at the Mellon Institute (today part of Carnegie Mellon University) in 1951. The device...
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drives, optical discs, floppy disks, and magnetic tape), and early computer storage methods such as punched tape and cards. Non-volatile memory is typically...
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5D optical data storage (also branded as Superman memory crystal, a reference to the Kryptonian memory crystals from the Superman franchise) is an experimental...
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In computer organisation, the memory hierarchy separates computer storage into a hierarchy based on response time. Since response time, complexity, and...
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computer's optical disc drive or corresponding disc player. File operations of traditional mass storage devices such as flash drives, memory cards and...
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terms RAM, main memory, or primary storage. Archaic synonyms for main memory include core (for magnetic core memory) and store. Main memory operates at a...
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such as floppy disks and hard disks, or semiconductors, such as flash memory. Optical storage in the form of discs grants the ability to record onto a compact...
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DDR SDRAM (redirect from Double-data-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory)
Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR SDRAM) is a double data rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) class of memory integrated circuits...
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Volatile memory, in contrast to non-volatile memory, is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information; it retains its contents...
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Semiconductor memory is a digital electronic semiconductor device used for digital data storage, such as computer memory. It typically refers to devices...
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in the form of optical delay lines. Like many modern forms of electronic computer memory, delay-line memory was a refreshable memory, but as opposed...
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solely to solid-state memory devices (either DRAM or SRAM), and more specifically the main memory in most computers. In optical storage, the term DVD-RAM...
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random-access memory (NVRAM) is random-access memory that retains data without applied power. This is in contrast to dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and...
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devices, such as hard disks and optical media, and is thus highly suitable for use in mass-storage devices, such as memory cards and solid-state drives (SSD)...
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become read-only memory. There are other types of non-volatile memory which are not based on solid-state IC technology, including: Optical storage media...
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High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a computer memory interface for 3D-stacked synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) initially from Samsung, AMD...
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Williams tube (redirect from Williams memory)
computer – Used a type of memory called regenerative capacitor memory Mellon optical memory Notes Kilburn, Tom (1990), "From Cathode Ray Tube to Ferranti...
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storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs are all examples of storage media. Biological molecules such as RNA...
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Synchronous dynamic random-access memory (synchronous dynamic RAM or SDRAM) is any DRAM where the operation of its external pin interface is coordinated...
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also known as LPDDR SDRAM, is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory that consumes less power and is targeted for mobile computers and devices...
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Linear Tape-Open (section Memory)
Every LTO cartridge has a cartridge memory chip inside it. It is made up of 511, 255, or 128 blocks of memory, where each block is 32 bytes for a total...
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storage capacity and data transfer speed, such as USB flash drives, memory cards, optical discs, and storage available through local computer networks and...
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Ferroelectric RAM (redirect from Ferroelectric Memory)
cores". Computer History Museum. Retrieved 19 June 2019. Optically Addressed Ferroelectric Memory with Non-Destructive Read-Out Archived 2009-04-14 at the...
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Hard disk drive (redirect from Magnetic disk memory)
used in desktop computers. However, two independent studies by Carnegie Mellon University and Google found that the "grade" of a drive does not relate...
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EDRAM (redirect from Embedded dynamic random access memory)
Embedded DRAM (eDRAM) is dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) integrated on the same die or multi-chip module (MCM) of an application-specific integrated...
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Core rope memory is a form of read-only memory (ROM) for computers. It was used in the UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) and the UNIVAC II, developed...
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1960s as computer memory. Many early computers, called drum computers or drum machines, used drum memory as the main working memory of the computer. Some...
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magnetic-core memory is a form of random-access memory. It predominated for roughly 20 years between 1955 and 1975, and is often just called core memory, or, informally...
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Static random-access memory (static RAM or SRAM) is a type of random-access memory (RAM) that uses latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit. SRAM...
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Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting...
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