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video RAM [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2006-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
13.04.41 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

buffer storage which holds the values of all the pixels of a display image

OBS

frame buffer; video RAM; VRAM: terms, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-13:1996].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
13.04.41 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

mémoire tampon qui contient les valeurs de tous les pixels d'une image

OBS

mémoire vidéo; vidéo-mémoire : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-13:1996].

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A high-speed type of RAM [random access memory] that accelerates image processing.

CONT

The video RAM (VRAM) differs from the DRAM in two major ways; it has two ports rather than one, and it has an on-chip 256-bit shift register as well as 64k bits of conventional DRAM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Mémoire vive de grande rapidité utilisée pour accélérer le traitement d'image.

OBS

Une mémoire RAM vidéo stocke les éléments échantillonnés d'un signal vidéo et comporte des registres permettant une sortie des informations en série, dans un format utilisable directement par un système d'affichage vidéo.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Memoria de acceso al azar (RAM) necesaria, en un adaptador de video, para construir y retener una imagen de toda la pantalla en una visualización de alta resolución.

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