magnetic bubble

magnetic bubble

noun Computers.
a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory).
Compare bubble memory.


Origin:
1965–70
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magnetic bubble
 
n
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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