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MEMORY-RESIDENT PROGRAM [1 record]

Record 1 2002-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A program that remains in a particular area of storage.

CONT

TSR: Acronym for Terminate-and-Stay Resident. Shorthand way of saying memory-resident program.

OBS

resident: permanently present in main memory, as opposed to transient material that is loaded from disk when required.

Key term(s)
  • terminate-and-stay resident programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Programme qui reste dans une certaine zone de mémoire.

OBS

Partie du superviseur, d'emploi très fréquent par tout programme, qui doit être dans la mémoire centrale pendant toute exécution du programme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Programa que ocupa un área dedicada de la memoria principal (ROM o RAM) de una computadora (ordenador), durante las operaciones de la misma.

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