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solid state memory

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solid state memory
Any transistorized, semiconductor or thin film memory that contains no mechanical parts. All RAM chips are solid state memory. See solid state drive and probe storage.


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USB flash drives are based on what''s called Solid State Memory - this simply means that it''s the same as standard computer memory in that it has no moving parts and is therefore almost impossible to damage (except for jumping up and down on it or maybe hitting it with a hammer for example.
The company uses solid state memory chips as a recording medium and introduced the first commercial solid state flight data recorder in 1989.
When power returns, the data is transferred back from the disk into the solid state memory.
 
 
 
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