What is Computer Memory?

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What is Computer Memory? Punch cards, core memory and atomic memory are introduced. It's important to realize that computer memory takes up space.

Thanks to
- IBM for animation of atomic memory
- Department of Defense footage available here (http://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.28374)



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