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Today • July 18

Buffer

Buffer

A buffer is a temporary, intermediate storage area in a computer's memory that holds data while it transfers between two locations. These locations may be physical (for example, separate computers on a network or hardware components inside a ... Read More

Today's Quiz Question

109 bytes is equal to one ____?

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Kilobyte
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B
Megabyte
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C
Gigabyte
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Terabyte
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