TIL the phrase "core memory" was coined by the movie Inside Out

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Poll of the Day » TIL the phrase "core memory" was coined by the movie Inside Out
MrMelodramatic
07/31/2024
03:13 PM
#1
Neat!
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rjsilverthorn
07/31/2024
03:28 PM
#2
I assume you are not referring to early magnetic storage then.
Revisited
08/01/2024
10:56 PM
#3
Lol I never even thought of that when I'd see that term on YouTube comments. Just thought it was another Gen z slang. And I actually watched inside out back when it came out.

Neat indeed.
MrMelodramatic
08/02/2024
10:17 AM
#4
I feel like its always been a term. Its like learning that Debbie downer was coined by SNL in the mid-2000s and not something from 1850
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Gaawa_chan
08/02/2024
11:29 AM
#5
That doesn't sound right to me but okay.
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ParanoidObsessive
08/02/2024
12:18 PM
#6
MrMelodramatic posted...
I feel like its always been a term. Its like learning that Debbie downer was coined by SNL in the mid-2000s and not something from 1850

Or like people assuming the word meme was invented online in the early 2000s when it was originally coined in the 70s.

I can't prove that "core memory" (in the sense of foundational formative experiences) was in use before 2015, and I'm sure most modern use - especially by younger people - is referencing Inside Out, but "core memory" (in a different context) has been a tech term for 70+ years.

Wikipedia tells me "core memories" were a thing in Star Fox Assault (2005) though.
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MrMelodramatic
08/02/2024
12:30 PM
#7
ParanoidObsessive posted...
Or like people assuming the word meme was invented online in the early 2000s when it was originally coined in the 70s.

I can't prove that "core memory" (in the sense of foundational formative experiences) was in use before 2015, and I'm sure most modern use - especially by younger people - is referencing Inside Out, but "core memory" (in a different context) has been a tech term for 70+ years.

Wikipedia tells me "core memories" were a thing in Star Fox Assault (2005) though.
I learned about memes in a sociology course back when I thought it was pronounced me-me. Good times.

so maybe I was a bit mislead about core memories. Debbie Downer is still wild tho
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papercup
08/02/2024
12:35 PM
#8
Yeah I had never heard the term before that movie came out, and people actually think core memories are a real thing and not something made up by the movie now.
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Damn_Underscore
08/02/2024
12:49 PM
#9
I remember that famous atheist Richard Dawkins invented the word meme

He had no idea what it would become
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Melody_JR
08/02/2024
01:06 PM
#10
I remember the term core memory from when I was a kid. Pixar wasnt even a studio at that time.
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Metalsonic66
08/02/2024
01:44 PM
#11
In Memory of a Memory, Finn had to find Marceline's "Memory Core"
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dreamium
08/02/2024
08:35 PM
#12
Feel like Iron Man established this
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MechaKirby
08/02/2024
08:42 PM
#13
I found that out week about ago too

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