Cryogenic memory systems

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IN A SUPERCONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM; A TAG REGISTER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SUPERCONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICES ARRANGED IN COLUMNS AND ROWS; A WORD REGISTER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SUPERCONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICES ARRANGED IN COLUMNS AND ROWS; INPUT MEANS FOR SAID MEMORY FOR FIRST APPLYING SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUES OF A FIRST INFORMATION WORD TO SAID WORD REGISTER AND SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUES OF A FIRST CORRESPONDING TAG WORD TO SAID TAG REGISTER, AND THEN APPLYING SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUES OF A SECOND INFORMATION WORD TO SAID WORD REGISTER AND SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUES OF A SECOND CORRESPONDING TAG WORD TO SAID TAG REGISTER; EACH OF SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A VALUE OF AN INFORMATION WORD BEING APPLIED TO THE STORAGE DEVICES IN A CORRESPONDING COLUMN OF SAID WORD REGISTER AND EACH OF THE SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A VALUE OF A TAG WORD BEING APPLIED TO THE STORAGE DEVICES IN A CORRESPONDING COLUMN OF SAID TAG REGISTER; SAID INPUT MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID STORAGE DEVICES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNALS FOR CAUSING THE VALUES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND INFORMATION WORDS TO BE STORED IN THE STORAGE DEVICES IN FIRST AND SECOND ROWS, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID WORD REGISTER AND THE VALUES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TAG WORDS TO BE STORED IN THE STORAGE DEVICES IN FIRST AND SECOND CORRESPONDING ROWS OF SAID TAG REGISTER; A PLURALITY OF COMPARE DEVICES FOR THE TAG REGISTER EACH COUPLED TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF THE STORAGE DEVICES IN THE TAG REGISTER AND CONTROLLABLE THEREBY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VALUES STORED THEREIN; A PLURALITY OF READ OUT DEVICES FOR THE WORD REGISTER EACH COUPLED TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF THE STORAGE DEVICES AND CONTROLLABLE THEREBY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VALUES STORED THEREIN; MEANS FOR APPLYING INTERROGATION SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUES OF ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TAG WORDS; EACH OF SAID INTERROGATION SIGNALS BEING APPLIED TO THE COMPARE DEVICE COUPLED TO THE STORAGE DEVICES IN A CORRESPONDING COLUMN OF SAID TAG REGISTER; EACH OF SAID COMPARE DEVICES BEING CAPABLE OF PROVIDING AN OUTPUT INDICATIVE OF WHETHER THE VALUE STORED IN THE COUPLED STORAGE DEVICE COMPARES WITH THE VALUE REPRESENTED BY THE INTERROGATION SIGNAL APPLIED THERETO; READ OUT CONTROL MEANS COUPLED TO SAID COMPARE DEVICES AND SAID READ OUT DEVICES; SAID READ OUT CONTROL MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUTS PROVIDED BY SAID COMPARE DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE READ OUT DEVICES COUPLED TO THE STORAGE DEVICES IN THE ROW OF THE WORD REGISTER CORRESPONDING TO THE ROW IN THE TAG REGISTER IN WHICH THE TAG REPRESENTED BY SAID INTERROGATION SIGNALS IS STORED; WHEREBY AN INFORMATION WORD IS READ OUT OF SAID WORD REGISTER WHEN INTERROGATION SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CORRESPONDING TAG WORD ARE APPLIED TO SAID TAG REGISTER.