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 in American English
US
a solid-state computer memory device that stores bits of data by means of magnetized, microscopic areas (magnetic bubbles) in sheets of a semiconductor
Word origin
from the appearance of these areas under a microscope