HyperDic: buffer_storage

English > 1 sense of the expression buffer storage:
NOUNartifactbuffer storage, buffer, buffer store(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device
English > buffer storage: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system.
Synonymsbuffer, buffer store
Categorycomputer science, computingThe branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Part ofrandom-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memoryThe most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on
Narrowercache, memory cache(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated
frame buffer(computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel
keyboard bufferA buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to them
print bufferA buffer that stores data until the printer / printer is ready
Broadermemory device, storage deviceA device that preserves information for retrieval
Spanishbúfer, buffer, memoria intermedia
Catalanbúfer, memòria intermèdia

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