BUFFER STORAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffer storage mean? 

• BUFFER STORAGE (noun)
  The noun BUFFER STORAGE has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: BUFFER STORAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUFFER STORAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

buffer; buffer storage; buffer store

Hypernyms ("buffer storage" is a kind of...):

memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "buffer storage"):

cache; memory cache ((computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics)

frame buffer ((computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel)

keyboard buffer (a buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to them)

print buffer (a buffer that stores data until the printer is ready)

Holonyms ("buffer storage" is a part of...):

RAM; random-access memory; random access memory; random memory; read/write memory (the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible)

 Context examples 

RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics.

(Cache, NCI Thesaurus)