WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bub′ble mem′ory, [Computers.]
  1. Computinga storage medium employing tiny, movable, bubble-shaped magnetized areas within a magnetic material to represent data bits.
  • 1970–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bubble memory
  1. a method of storing high volumes of data by the use of minute pockets of magnetism (bubbles) in a semiconducting material. The bubbles may be caused to migrate past a read head or to a buffer area for storage
'bubble memory' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
magnetic bubble

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