Memory

Claim 1

A MEMORY COMPRISING STORAGE MEANS HAVING AN INFORMATION STORAGE PORTION AND AN INFORMATION INDENTIFICATION STORAGE PORTION WHEREIN A PIECE OF INFORMATION AND ITS INDENTIFICATION PORTION ARE STORED IN CORRELATED LOCATIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STORAGE PORTIONS, SAID STORAGE MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF STORAGE LOCATIONS, A PLURALITY OF USAGE INDICATORS CORRESPONDING TO THE PLURALITY OF STORAGE LOCATIONS WITH EACH INDICATOR ASSIGNED TO AN INDIVIDUAL STORAGE LOCATION AND HAVING A PRESELECTED STATE FOR INDICATING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE STORAGE LOCATION FOR WRITING IN NEW INFORMATION AND ANOTHER STATE FOR INDICATING THE STORAGE LOCATION IS IN USE AND CONTROLLABLE TO AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH IN STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEMORY OPERATIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STORAGE LOCATIONS, A POINTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF STABLE STATES CORRESPONDING TO THE PLURALITY OF STORAGE LOCATIONS IN SAID STORAGE MEANS CYCLICALLY OPERABLE TO SUCCESSIVELY STEP FROM AN INITIAL STABLE STATE FOR IDENTIFYING A STORAGE LOCATION HAVING ITS USAGE INDICATOR IN SAID PRESELECATED STATE TO ANOTHER STABLE STATE FOR IDENTIFYING THE NEXT SUCCESSIVE STORAGE LOCATION HAVING ITS USAGE INDICATOR IN SAID PRESELECTED STATE AND CONTROLLED TO AUTOMATICALLY POINT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHANGE IN THE STATE OF A USAGE INDICATOR, REGISTER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID INFOMATION IDENTIFICATION PORTION OF SAID STORAGE MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPARING EACH OF SAID INDENTIFICATION PORTIONS FOR READING OUT THE ASSOCIATED INFORMATION OR WRITING NEW INFORMATION INTO SAID STORAGE MEANS AT THE STORAGE LOCATION AVIABLE THEREFOR.