read-around ratio

noun

In cathode-ray-tube storage systems, the number of times that a value can be read from a given cell without corrupting adjacent stored values.

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Meanings

nounread-around ratio (plural read-around ratios)

plural read-around ratios

  1. historicalcomputingIn cathode-ray-tube storage systems, the number of times that a value can be read from a given cell without corrupting adjacent stored values.
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