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DOT MEMORY [3 records]

Record 1 1999-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Informatics
DEF

A screen display in which each dot or pixel location corresponds to a bit accessible in a unique main memory location.

OBS

In fact, the computer memory’s structure can be thought of as a "map" of the screen, hence the widely used term bit map to describe a pixel-oriented display.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éditique
  • Informatique
DEF

Mode de représentation de l'illustration ou du texte où chaque point ou pixel correspond à un bit d'information de la mémoire d'un ordinateur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Publicación electrónica
  • Informática
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Record 2 1994-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
  • Computer Display Technology
CONT

A display memory with a direct correspondence to the screen pixels indicates which pixels are on, which are off, and, in color systems, the color of each dot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
CONT

[Le sous-système graphique] possède un écran de 19 pouces (48 cm), le processeur graphique 80286/80287, 256 Ko de mémoire d'affichage, une palette de 16 millions de couleurs et un clavier.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A computer memory in which the presence or absence of a magnetic domain in a localized region of a thin magnetic film designates a 1 or 0.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

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