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(Obsolete) 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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DOMF
Donald Knuth
dongle
dongle-disk
Don't do that then!
 rusty memory
 DOOM
DOORS
doorstop
Dorito Syndrome
DORUM