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SHADOW RAM [1 record]

Record 1 1993-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A non-standard type of memory, 384K in size, used on some 80286 and 80386 PC's to speed up servicing of BIOS requests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Les [...] 384Ko de mémoire haute inexploités dans le 1er Mo.

DEF

Mémoire vive située dans la zone système de la mémoire [entre 640ko et 1 024ko]. Elle reçoit une copie des programmes du Bios enregistrés en mémoire morte de manière à accélérer leur fonctionnement.

Spanish

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