core memory

== English == === Etymology === (sense 1): From being a type of computer memory consisting of magnetic cores. (sense 2): Popularized by the Pixar film Inside Out (2015), in which the character Riley has five "core memories", each forming the foundation of a "personality island" which represents an aspect of Riley's personality. === Noun === core memory (countable and uncountable, plural core memories) (computing, historical, countable, uncountable) A type of non-volatile random-access rewritable electronic memory using ferrite cores to magnetically store binary digits (bits). Synonyms: core, magnetic core memory, ferrite core memory (countable, informal) A memory, especially one formed in childhood, which recalls a deeply significant event in one's life and can be remembered years later. ==== Hypernyms ==== NVRAM (non-volatile random access memory) (erasable memory) RAM (random-access memory) (erasable memory) ==== Coordinate terms ==== bubble memory ==== Derived terms ==== core dump ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== memory core === Further reading === magnetic-core memory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:core memory on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “A Core Memory”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007 === Anagrams === memory core