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21Direct memory access — (DMA) is a feature of modern computers that allows certain hardware subsystems within the computer to access system memory independently of the central processing unit (CPU). Without DMA, the CPU using programmed input/output is typically fully… …
22Dynamic random access memory — (DRAM) is a type of random access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. Since real capacitors leak charge, the information eventually fades unless the capacitor charge is refreshed periodically …
23Expanded memory — In computing, expanded memory (commonly known as EMS memory) is a system of bank switching introduced around 1984 that provided additional memory to MS DOS programs that required more than what was available in conventional memory. Expanded… …
24Flat memory model — In computer systems design, a flat memory model refers to a linear addressing paradigm, such that the CPU can directly (and sequentially) address all of the available memory locations, without having to resort to any sort of bank switching or… …
25Speak, Memory — (ISBN 0375405534) is an autobiographical memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov.copeThe first twelve chapters describe Nabokov s remembrance of his youth in a quasi aristocratic family living in pre revolutionary Saint Petersburg and their country… …
26In Loving Memory — For the British situation comedy of the same name, see In Loving Memory (TV series) In Loving Memory is a September 1968 gospel music compilation released by Motown Records. It is dedicated to the memory of Motown founder Berry Gordy s relative,… …
27flashbulb memory — A term introduced in or shortly before 1977 by the American psychologists Roger William Brown (1925 1997) and James Kulik to denote a detail perfect memory of an event that at the time ofwitnessing had evoked a high level ofsur prise, as well… …
28LCD memory effect — This article is about temporary memory exploited in Liquid Crystal Displays. For the article about the memory effect in batteries see Wikipedia s Memory effect article.Passive matrix addressing takes advantage of hysteresis to display images on… …
29Museum of Memory and Human Rights — Human rights, universal challenge room The Museum of Memory and Human Rights (in Spanish: Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos) is a chilean museum located in Santiago, dedicated to commemorate the victims of Human Rights violations during… …
30Graphics processing unit — GPU redirects here. For other uses, see GPU (disambiguation). GeForce 6600GT (NV43) GPU A graphics processing unit or GPU (also occasionally called visual processing unit or VPU) is a specialized circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter… …
