magnetic bubble
noun Computers.
a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory).
Compare
bubble memory.
Origin of magnetic bubble
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby magnetic bubble
British Dictionary definitions for magnetic bubble
magnetic bubble
noun
physics
a small round magnetic domain induced by a magnetic field in a thin film of magnetic material, used in certain types of computer memories