a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored an…
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Virtual memory
(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
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a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored an…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories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, Operating systems, 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, Operating systems, 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, Operating systems, 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, Operating systems, Computer architecture.(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories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, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, 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, Operating systems, 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, Operating systems, Computer architecture.the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circu…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems, Computer architecture.
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(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 dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(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 dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(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 dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data tra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(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: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(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: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.(computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, memory, created, hard.
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