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FRAME BUFFER [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

An area in the computer’s memory reserved for graphics.

CONT

A frame buffer is a computer memory dedicated to storing values that "read from" an analog visual sensor.

OBS

The bit map holds the pictures which are continuously transmitted to the video screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Infographie
DEF

Zone de la mémoire d'un ordinateur réservée aux graphiques.

OBS

La mémoire graphique contient la représentation qui est transmise en permanence à l'écran vidéo.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
  • Gráficos de computadora
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Record 2 - 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 3 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Video Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

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

OBS

video memory; frame buffer : terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
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.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Técnicas de video
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
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Record 4 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Refers to signals which are arbitrarily close in frequency to some defined precision. They are not sourced from the same clock and so, over the long term, will be skewed from each other.

OBS

Their relative closeness of frequency allows a switch to cross connect, switch, or in some way process them. That same inaccuracy of timing will force a switch, over time, to repeat or delete frames(called frame slips) in order to handle buffer underflow or overflow.

OBS

plesio: close, near, like.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Se dit de deux signaux dont les instants significatifs correspondants se présentent à la même cadence nominale, toute variation à cette cadence étant maintenue dans des limites spécifiées. (G. Ducenet, Le RNIS - Techniques et atouts, Paris, Mason, 1988, p. 357).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

[Dícese de la] forma de sincronización en una red digital en la que los equipos se sincronizan mediante fuentes separadas de similar precisión y estabilidad.

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Record 5 2001-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

In practical graphics applications, one starts with a set of vertices for the polygon in user's co-ordinates. For the seed filling algorithm to work, first the borders have to be drawn using the border colour(normally, using Bresenham), after which an internal point has to be identified and then the seed filling algorithm executed. Filling algorithms can be used to determine areas of closed polygons at the raster level in terms of pixel numbers. The polygon is filled with a unique colour and then the number of pixels are counted which have this colour value in the frame buffer, or more efficiently within the min/max box of the polygon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
CONT

algorithme à germe par balayage de ligne.

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-02-12

English

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

A chip that stores instructions and data temporarily while calculations are under way in the microprocessor.

CONT

the dynamic RAM(DRAM) chips that make up the frame buffer can be accessed by only one processor-the host processor or the graphics chip-at a time, and the i/o port used for this access must also serve as the port for the refresh data sent constantly to the screen.

French

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

Voir mémoire DRAM.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

One function of the RMS chip is the ability to address up to a megabit of display memory and to support a "virtual screen", which is essentially an image, stored in the frame buffer, that exceeds the screen's display capacity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
OBS

par analogie à "circuit virtuel" et "mémoire virtuelle".

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

The NCR chips organize data in 8x8-pixel arrays called raster blocks. To draw figures into the system's frame buffer, the bits in memory are divided into raster blocks, a block is transferred to the 7300, where pixels within the block are modified, and the block is then returned to the frame buffer... raster op logic in the 7301 can act directly on the frame buffer's raster blocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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