(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
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Disk cache
a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk
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(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's syste…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semicondu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Computer architecture.(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data tra…
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(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.A fast temporary store for information that may be needed again.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer syst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semicondu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.A disk. See Disk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cache, stores, copies, frequently, disk.
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