thin-film storage

thin-film storage

[′thin ¦film ′stȯr·ij]
(computer science)
A high-speed storage device that is fabricated by depositing layers, one molecule thick, of various materials which, after etching, provide microscopic circuits which can move and store data in small amounts of time. Also known as thin-film memory.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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