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buffer 1 , n (↔ fr: tampon
1
)
a buffer: ~ used by user
1
Agent
to act on data
1
Patient

Managing input and output is largely a matter of managing queues and buffers, special storage facilities that take a stream of bits from a device, perhaps a keyboard or a serial port, hold those bits, and release them to the CPU at a rate slow enough for the CPU to cope with.
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enHOW OPERATING SYSTEMS WORK
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TCP then extracts data from the buffer, and transmits it to TCP on the receiving computer.
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en COMER
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The 16550 UART has been standard on PCs for the last five years or so, and has a 16-byte buffer. This buffer stores data temporarily while your system is off doing something else (as in a multitasking environment).
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en WINMAG
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The user Agent places the data Patient in a b. store
1b
... in a ~
The b. contains the data Patient the ~ stores
1a
...
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LPD AB MCLH
29/10/2010
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