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DATA BUFFER REGISTER [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A register or small memory in the processor or a peripheral device which is used temporarily to hold data when the peripheral device and the CPU are operating at different data rates. In a printer system the buffer may hold a complete line of text or perhaps a complete page.

Key term(s)
  • data buffer register
  • buffer registre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Registre pour le stockage temporaire d'une information entre un dispositif source et un dispositif destinataires non synchronisés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Dispositivo para el almacenamiento temporal de los datos y que se utiliza para compensar la diferencia entre velocidades desiguales del flujo de datos desde dispositivos de entrada/salida de menor velocidad, y las memorias internas mucho más rápidas de las computadoras (ordenadores).

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