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Reading (computer)

Reading is an action performed by computers, to acquire data from a source and place it into their volatile memory for processing. Computers may read information from a variety of sources, such as magnetic storage, the Internet, or audio and video input ports. Reading is one of the core functions of a Turing machine.

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Reading (computer)

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples9
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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memory data read magnetic storage flash information reading one types random-access ram computers non-volatile medium core physical cmos mechanical hard

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
hard disksinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
CDsinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
DVDsinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
magnetic tapeinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
as well as early primary memory types such as drum memoryinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
readinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
write data only in a predetermined orderinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
consecutivelyinstance ofother data storage media0.80text
because of mechanical design limitationsinstance ofother data storage media0.80text

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