framebuffer

Noun

Meaning

framebuffer (plural framebuffers)

(computing) A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

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