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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 memory  
n.  A memory that stores data in the form of bubbles, or circular areas, on a thin film of magnetic silicate. No longer used in most computers, magnetic bubble memory is similar to RAM but does not lose the stored information when the computer is turned off.
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