COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A segment of memory or storage in which items are placed while waiting to be transferred from an input device or to an output device.
A
brownout
B
blogging
C
buffer
D
burning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A buffer is a physical memory storage space used to temporarily hold data while it is being transported from one location to another. Data is often kept in a buffer when it is read from an input device or immediately before it is delivered to an output device.

Detailed explanation-2: -Print queue The list of documents in the print buffer waiting to be printed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The buffer is an area in the main memory used to store or hold the data temporarily. In other words, buffer temporarily stores data transmitted from one place to another, either between two devices or an application. The act of storing data temporarily in the buffer is called buffering.

Detailed explanation-4: -Basically, buffering in operating system is a method of storing data in a buffer or cache temporarily, this buffered data then can be accessed more quickly as compared to the original source of the data.

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