Term of the Moment
Ken Thompson Hack
Definition: bit density
The number of binary digits (bits) that can be stored within a given memory or storage area. See bit and bpi.
One Memory Cell
This is one bit in an early 16MB dynamic RAM (DRAM) chip. Although a thousand times less dense compared to today, there were nevertheless 16,777,216 cells in the quarter-inch-square chip. (Image courtesy of IBM.)