Greg Wallace wrote:
On Monday, July 18, 2005 @ 6:08 PM, James Knott wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
Technically, a hard disk is non-volatile RAM, while internal memory is volatile RAM (meaning it gets cleared when you turn the power off)
For many years, computers used non-volatile internal memory. It was called "core" memory.
Yep. I remember those days. I stay away from that term now because I think it sort of marks you as an "old timer". If you are in a conversation with a group of younger programmers and use that term, some of them have never heard it. But it is probably one of the more unambiguous terms you could use. If you say core, there's really no doubt about what you're referring to.
And if Macintosh computers used it, it would be called Apple core. ;-) Incidentally, I have a core plane (16 K bits IIRC) from an old Collins 8401 computer. At one point in my career, I even repaired core memory boards.