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non-destructive read

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A read operation that does not erase the data being read in the process of reading it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, often

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Although non-destructive reads are theoretically possible with FeRAM, the process - requiring illumination of the memory cells with UV light - is completely impractical for most purposes, favoring the more-practical (but destructive) method of forcing every cell to 0, seeing which cells produced a tiny current pulse, and writing back 1s to those cells.

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