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array-based memory
08 Jul 2008
WORD - Array-based memory is an evolving solid-state storage technology similar to flash memory but with potentially greater storage capacity. The increased capacity results from the fact that array-based memory is three-dimensional ...
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terabyte
07 May 2004
WORD - A terabyte is a measure of computer storage capacity and is 2 to the 40th power or approximately a thousand billion bytes (that is, a thousand gigabytes).
Also see byte, gigabyte, teraflop, and petabyte.
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storage medium
31 Jul 2001
WORD - In computers, a storage medium is any technology (including devices and materials) used to place, keep, and retrieve data. A medium is an element used in communicating a message; on a storage medium, the "messages" - in the ...
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byte
07 May 2004
WORD - In most computer systems, a byte is a unit of data that is eight binary digits long. A byte is the unit most computers use to represent a character such as a letter, number, or typographic symbol (for example, "g", "5", or ...
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hard disk drive
11 Jun 2003
WORD - In a personal computer, a hard disk drive (HDD) is the mechanism that controls the positioning, reading, and writing of the hard disk, which furnishes the largest amount of data storage for the PC. Although the hard disk ...
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column address strobe
24 Mar 2003
WORD - Column address strobe is a signal sent to a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that tells it that an associated address is a column address. A data bit in DRAM is stored in a cell located by the intersection of a column ...
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gigabyte
07 May 2004
WORD - A gigabyte (GB) is a measure of computer data storage capacity and is "roughly" a billion bytes. A gigabyte is two to the 30th power, or 1,073,741,824 in decimal notation. The term is pronounced with two hard Gs. The ...
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giant magnetoresistive effect
30 Jul 2001
WORD - GMR is the newest generation of hard disk drive storage. It provides almost three times the data density of its immediate predecessor, magnetoresistive head technology.
Disk storage technology strives to improve areal ...
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array
23 Jul 2001
WORD - 1) In data storage, an array is a method for storing information on multiple devices.
2) In general, an array is a number of items arranged in some specified way - for example, in a list or in a three-dimensional table.
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hard disk
18 Feb 2004
WORD - A hard disk is part of a unit, often called a "disk drive," "hard drive," or "hard disk drive," that stores and provides relatively quick access to large amounts of data on an electromagnetically charged surface or set of ...
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