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Noun: drum memory
  1. Drum memory was a magnetic data storage device invented by Gustav Tauschek in 1932 in Austria.
    "A drum memory contained a large metal cylinder, coated on the outside surface with a ferromagnetic recording material."

Type of: memory device, storage device

Encyclopedia: Drum memory