He also designed the 100-nanosecond read-only memory for the Atlas computer.
It is one of the most popular techniques for implementing a read-only memory.
He conceived the first read-only memory, which was widely used in early computers.
"The computer has every inch of the ship in permanent read-only memory," Data said.
However, only read-only memories can be fabricated with this technique.
Read-only memory, a type of storage media that is used in computers and other electronic devices.
When implemented with a read-only memory, a don't care condition becomes an address input that will never occur.
The Dead Men seemed to be basically read-only memories, interactive but limited.
The result is that not all the bit patterns available in read-only memory are used which may be considered a waste of available component.
Such programs are stored in read-only memory or in a known location on disk.