core common area

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The core common area is that {{citation needed span|text=area of a computer program wherein data can remain between the end of execution of one program and the start of execution of a subsequent program in a pipeline|date=April 2015}}.

Named after magnetic core memory, the term has persisted into the modern era and is commonly used by both the Fortran and BASIC languages.