magnetic bubble memory

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   a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate; no longer used in most computers

   Broadernon-volatile storage

Questions about magnetic bubble memory

What does magnetic bubble memory mean?

magnetic bubble memory means "a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate; no longer used in most computers".

Is magnetic bubble memory a common word?

magnetic bubble memory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.