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Record 1 2002-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A device acting as a temporary storage when transmission occurs between two devices operating at different transmission speeds.

CONT

peripheral buffers contain the interfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
CONT

des tampons périphériques contiennent les interfaces.

Spanish

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

Pequeños componentes de memoria, que constituyen parte de una unidad periférica, que se utilizan para almacenar datos, antes de ser transmitidos a una unidad central de procesamiento o para recibirlos desde una unidad central de procesamiento, antes de ser transcritos al medio de salida.

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