configuration

Any physical substance that can reliably switch between two different, stable configurations can in principle serve as a storage platform for that binary information.

Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Mojtaba Zabihi, the study's first author, explains that room configurations and existing heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems can differ widely.

And they could be easily arranged in a much broader range of configurations.

Hidden behind each protruding eye are two long, spiraled optic nerves -- a configuration not documented in any other lizard species.

Officials said several of the weapons found appeared to have been modified from their state-compliant configuration, and one short-barreled rifle without serial numbers was found in the attic during the search.