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== A brief history of memory ==
 
== A brief history of memory ==
=== Non-Volatile or static memory ===
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=== Non-Volatile or static memory (data storage) ===
 
* Paper data storage (1725)
 
* Paper data storage (1725)
 
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom Jacquard Loom]
 
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom Jacquard Loom]
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* Bubble memory (~1970)
 
* Bubble memory (~1970)
  
=== Volatile or non-static memory ===
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=== Volatile or non-static memory (working memory) ===
* [Williams–Kilburn tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube](1946–47)  
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube Williams–Kilburn tube ](1946–47)  
* [Delay line memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory](1947)  
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory Delay line memory ](1947)  
* [Selectron tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectron_tube](1953)
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectron_tube Selectron tube](1953)

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A brief history of memory

Non-Volatile or static memory (data storage)

  • Paper data storage (1725)
  • Drum memory (1932)
    • could be seen as a predecessor of the hard disk
  • Magnetic-core memory (1949)
    • first reliable random access memory
  • Plated wire memory (1957)
  • Thin-film memory (1962)
  • Twistor memory (~1968)
  • Bubble memory (~1970)

Volatile or non-static memory (working memory)