buffer store
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1. (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 (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | cache, memory cache, |
| definition | : | (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | frame buffer, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | keyboard buffer, |
| definition | : | a buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to them (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | print buffer, |
| definition | : | a buffer that stores data until the printer is ready (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | ram, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory, |
| definition | : | the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
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