donuts

(Obsolete) A collective noun for any set of memory bits. This usage is extremely archaic and may no longer be live jargon; it dates from the days of ferrite core memories in which each bit was implemented by a doughnut-shaped magnetic flip-flop.

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Nearby terms:

dongle cracker ♦ dongle-disk ♦ Don't do that then! ♦ donuts ♦ Dooced ♦ DOOM ♦ DOORS

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