mercury delay line
mercury delay line
[′mər·kyə·rē di′lā ‚līn] (electronics)
An acoustic delay line in which mercury is the medium for sound transmission. Also known as mercury memory; mercury storage.
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mercury delay line
(storage, history)An archaic
first-in first-out fixed time
period data storage device using acoustic transducers to
transmit data as waves in a trough or tube of mercury.
EDSAC (Cambridge) and UNIVAC I used delay lines.
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