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2. Disk buffer - Wikipedia

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   The disk buffer is usually quite small, ranging between 8 MB to 4 GB, and the page cache is generally all unused main memory. While data in the page cache is reused multiple times, the data in the disk buffer is rarely reused. [3] In this sense, the terms disk cache and cache buffer are misnomers; the embedded controller's memory is more ...

3. Block (data storage) - Wikipedia

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   Blocked data is normally stored in a data buffer, and read or written a whole block at a time. Blocking reduces the overhead and speeds up the handling of the data stream . [ 3 ] For some devices, such as magnetic tape and CKD disk devices , blocking reduces the amount of external storage required for the data.

4. Data buffer - Wikipedia

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   In computer science, a data buffer (or just buffer) is a region of memory used to store data temporarily while it is being moved from one place to another. Typically, the data is stored in a buffer as it is retrieved from an input device (such as a microphone) or just before it is sent to an output device (such as speakers); however, a buffer may be used when data is moved between processes ...

5. Disk cache - Wikipedia

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   Disk cache may refer to: Disk buffer , the small amount of RAM embedded on a hard disk drive, used to store the data going to and coming from the disk platters Page cache , the cache of data residing on a storage device, kept by the operating systems and stored in unused main memory

6. Inforex 1300 Systems - Wikipedia

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   Inforex Inc. corporation manufactured and sold key-to-disk data entry systems in the 1970s and mid-1980s. The company was founded by ex-IBM engineers to develop direct data entry systems that allowed information to be entered on terminals and stored directly on disk drives, replacing keypunch machines using punched cards or paper tape, which had been the dominant tools for data entry since the ...

7. Walmart Rolls Out Major Changes For Customers. What to Know

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   TIME has reached out to Walmart for comment and further information. The news comes after Walmart made a similar change to three New Mexico stores last year, removing all self-checkout machines.

8. Walmart has a Canon all-in-one printer for $29, and I ... - AOL

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   Enter the Canon Pixma MG2522 all-in-one, currently on sale at Walmart for just $29. You'd be hard-pressed to buy a single ink cartridge for $29, let alone an entire printer.

9. Hard disk drive - Wikipedia

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   Also in 1962, IBM introduced the model 1311 disk drive, which was about the size of a washing machine and stored two million characters on a removable disk pack. Users could buy additional packs and interchange them as needed, much like reels of magnetic tape. Later models of removable pack drives, from IBM and others, became the norm in most ...