FRAME BUFFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frame buffer mean? 

• FRAME BUFFER (noun)
  The noun FRAME BUFFER has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel

  Familiarity information: FRAME BUFFER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRAME BUFFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("frame buffer" is a kind of...):

buffer; buffer storage; buffer store ((computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system)

Domain category:

computer graphics (the pictorial representation and manipulation of data by a computer)