磁鼓記憶體（）是一种依靠磁介质的資料儲存裝置，為20世纪50年代和60年代计算机所用記憶體的早期形式，由Gustav Tauschek于1932年在奥地利发明。磁鼓为这套机制的主要工作储存單元，透過穿孔纸带或者打孔卡加载、取出資料。当时许多计算机采用了这种磁鼓記憶體，以至于它们常常被叫做“鼓机”（）。不过不久之后，磁芯記憶體等其他技术取代了磁鼓器成为了主要的儲存媒体，直到最后半导体記憶體进入了儲存媒体的领域。
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*[http://foldoc.org/?The+Story+of+Mel The Story of Mel] – the classic story about one programmer's drum machine hand-coding antics: Mel Kaye.
*[http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64-l.html#LGP-30 Librascope LGP-30] – The drum memory computer referenced in the above story, also referenced on Librascope LGP-30.
*[http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64-r.html#RPC-4000 Librascope RPC-4000] – Another drum memory computer referenced in the above story
*[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/display.phtml?id=70 Oral history interview with Dean Babcock] . Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Babcock discusses various ERA projects including Project Lime; magnetic drum designs and capabilities; the work of Sidney Rubens and William Field on magnetic drums; and ERA's interaction with the Navy during the Korean War.
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