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ALL meanings of mercury delay line

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  • noun Technical meaning of mercury delay line (storage, history)   An archaic first-in first-out fixed time period data storage device using acoustic transducers to transmit data as waves in a trough or tube of mercury. EDSAC (Cambridge) and UNIVAC I used delay lines. 1
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