Donuts N. Obs. A Collective Noun For Any Set Of Memory Bits.

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donuts n. obs.

A collective noun for any set of memory bits.
This usage is extremely archaic and may no longer be live jargon;
it dates from the days of ferrite-core memories in which each
bit was implemented by a doughnut-shaped magnetic flip-flop.

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