
VRAM
Video RAM. VRAM is
W
warm boot
Process of resetting the computer without turning off the power through keyboard input (pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Del keys simultaneously) or the reset button. The system returns to an initial or arbitrarily selected condition.
WRAM
Windows RAM. A type of RAM that supports two ports. This enables a video adapter to fetch the contents of memory for display at the same time that new bytes are being pumped into memory. This results in much faster display than is possible with conventional
write
To record or store information to a storage device.
Also called copy back. A cache strategy where write operations to data stored in the internal microprocessor L1 cache aren’t copied to system memory until absolutely necessary. In contrast, a
Also
X
X2 technology
A technology developed by U.S. Robotics (now 3Com) for delivering data rates up to 56 Kbps over plain old telephone service (POTS). It was long believed that the maximum data transmission rate over copper telephone wires was 33.6 Kbps, but X2 achieves higher rates by taking advantage of the fact that most phone switching stations are connected by