Memory & Storage

Computer memory is non-permanent. For this reason, it’s called ___

Any data written to storage, like your hard drive, will remain intact even if the power goes out. It’s ___

What was the earliest form of computer storage? Options: magnetic core memory, magnetostrictive delay lines, delay line memory, paper punch cards

By the 1940s, punch cards had largely standardized into a grid of 80 columns and 12 rows, allowing up to ___

The largest program ever punched onto cards, that we know of, was the US Military’s ___

Which form of memory, using liquid filled tubes, was developed by J. Presper Eckert in 1944?

Which liquid was commonly used to fill the tubes in delay line memory?

Which early stored-program computer was completed in 1949 and used 128 Delay Lines?

In delay line memory, since you had to wait for a data bit to come around in the loop, it was called ___

Modern memory, where we can access any bit at any time, is known as ___