Noun
framebuffer (plural framebuffers)
(computing) A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
Both screen modes used a 32 kB framebuffer in main memory. Source: Internet
For example, the Linux Amiga framebuffer device driver allows the use of several other display modes. Source: Internet
The alternative and much improved operating system Minerva does provide full support for the second framebuffer. Source: Internet
The Dreamcast provided a mode for rasterizing one row of tiles at a time for direct raster scanout, saving the need for a complete framebuffer, somewhat in the spirit of hardware scanline rendering. Source: Internet
The rendered results are not sent back to main memory, but to the framebuffer of video memory instead. Source: Internet