<Storage, hiStory> An early Storage device that uSed tenSioned wireS of nickel alloy carrying longitudinal waveS produced and detected electromagnetically. They had better Storage behaviour than mercury delay lineS. [H. EpStein and O.B. Stram, "A High Performance MagnetoStriction-Sonic Delay Line," TranSactionS, InStitute of Radio EngineerS, ProfeSSional Group on UltraSonic Engineering, 1957, pp. 1-24]. (2002-11-08)