Cache-Memory
61Memory management unit — This 68451 MMU could be used with the Motorola 68010 A memory management unit (MMU), sometimes called paged memory management unit (PMMU), is a computer hardware component responsible for handling accesses to memory requested by the CPU. Its… …
62computer memory — memory (def. 11). * * * Introduction device that is used to store data or programs (sequences of instructions) on a temporary or permanent basis for use in an electronic digital computer. Computers represent information in binary code,… …
63Memory virtualization — In computer science, memory virtualization decouples volatile random access memory (RAM) resources from individual systems in the data center, and then aggregates those resources into a virtualized memory pool available to any computer in the… …
64Memory-mapped file — A memory mapped file is a segment of virtual memory which has been assigned a direct byte for byte correlation with some portion of a file or file like resource. This resource is typically a file that is physically present on disk, but can also… …
65Memory leak — A memory leak, in computer science (or leakage, in this context), occurs when a computer program consumes memory but is unable to release it back to the operating system. In object oriented programming, a memory leak happens when an object is… …
66memory cache — An area of high speed memory on the processor that stores commonly used code or data obtained from slower memory, eliminating the need to access the system s main memory to fetch instructions. The Intel 82385 cache controller chip was used… …
67cache — ▪ I. cache cache 1 [kæʆ] noun [countable usually singular] COMPUTING part of a computer s memory [m0] ▪ II. cache cache 2 verb [transitive] COMPU …
68Memory — For other uses, see Memory (disambiguation). Neuropsychology Topics …
69Memory address — A digital computer s memory, more specifically main memory, consists of many memory locations, each having a memory address, a number, analogous to a street address, at which computer programs store (except when the address is in mask ROM) and… …
70memory — noun 1 ability to remember ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, long, prodigious, retentive ▪ awful, bad, faulty, poor …
