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Framebuffer

A framebuffer (frame buffer, or sometimes framestore) is a portion of random-access memory (RAM) containing a bitmap that drives a video display. It is a memory buffer containing data representing all the pixels in a complete video frame.

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History

Display modes

Color palette

Memory access

Virtual framebuffers

Page flipping

Graphics accelerators

Comparisons

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Framebuffer

Nodes109
Edges108
Triples71
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018349
Components1

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Framebuffer

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related to history · 16
Framebuffer → Bell Labs, Bell Telephone Laboratories, BRAD, Brookhaven RAster Display, Computer, CRT, In, Inc, Manchester Baby, Michael Noll, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Other, The, TV, Williams, Williams-Kilburn
related to Graphics accelerators · 15
Framebuffer → An, As, Common, CPU, Direct3D, Early, GPU, GUI, OpenGL, The, The GPU, These, This, Voodoo, While
related to Virtual framebuffers · 8
Framebuffer → Linux, Many, The, The Linux, This, Virtual Framebuffer, Window System, Xvfb
related to Page flipping · 7
Framebuffer → In, Once, Page, PC, The, This, While
related to Memory access · 6
Framebuffer → CPU, Framebuffers, Mapping, Port, Some, While
related to Color palette · 5
Framebuffer → Due, Each, Framebuffers, Here, The
related to Display modes · 5
Framebuffer → Framebuffers, In, These, This, Unix
related to Comparisons · 3
Framebuffer → Framebuffers, The, With
related to External links · 3
Framebuffer → Interview, NYIT, Sun Microsystems' Framebuffers
see also · 1
Framebuffer → Bit

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memory video buffer display used color framebuffers graphics screen signal frame ram system output data computer may hardware pixel also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OpenGL or Direct3Dinstance ofA common design uses a graphics library0.80text
which interfaces with the graphics driver to translate received commands to instructions for the accelerator's graphics processing unitinstance ofA common design uses a graphics library0.80text
Framebufferrelated to Color paletteFramebuffers0.60section
Framebufferrelated to Color paletteDue0.60section
Framebufferrelated to Color paletteThe0.60section
Framebufferrelated to Color paletteEach0.60section
Framebufferrelated to Color paletteHere0.60section
Framebufferrelated to ComparisonsWith0.60section
Framebufferrelated to ComparisonsThe0.60section
Framebufferrelated to ComparisonsFramebuffers0.60section
Framebufferrelated to Display modesFramebuffers0.60section
Framebufferrelated to Display modesThese0.60section

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