memory cycle
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial.
Related to memory cycle: memory cycle time
memory cycle
[′mem·rē ‚sī·kəl] (computer science)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
memory cycle
A series of operations that take place to read or write a byte of memory. For destructive memories, it includes the regeneration of the bits.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.