English noun: buffer store |
1. | buffer store (artifact) (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
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| Synonyms | buffer, buffer storage |
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| Broader (hypernym) | memory device, storage device |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cache, frame buffer, keyboard buffer, memory cache, print buffer |
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| Part meronym | RAM, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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