address strobe

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Address Strobe

   <storage> (AS) One of the input signals of a memory device,
   especially {semiconductor} memory, which is asserted to tell
   the memory device that the {address} inputs are valid.  Upon
   receiving this signal the selected memory device starts the
   memory access (read/write) indicated by its other inputs.

   It may be driven directly by the {processor} or by a {memory
   controller}.

   (1996-10-02)