@inbook{10.5149/9781469616308_bolter.12, ISBN = {9780807841082}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469616308_bolter.12}, abstract = {The central processing unit of a computer is of no use without something to process, without programs to direct its high-speed manipulations and data to manipulate. The part of the machine in which elements of programs and data await their turn in the logical grinding mill (the CPU) and to which they return after processing is called the computer’s “memory.” Memory is what preserves instantaneous calculations, so that they can be used in further calculations or be written to a peripheral device for humans to read and use. Every instruction and bit of data that passes through the central processing}, bookauthor = {J. David Bolter}, booktitle = {Turing's Man: Western Culture in the Computer Age}, pages = {151--164}, publisher = {University of North Carolina Press}, title = {Electronic Memory}, year = {1984} }