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Buffers help to allow the proccessor to not be waiting around for I/O so it can get on with proccessing tasks.
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Buffer
An area in memory where data is placed by one device for later reading by another. For example, during sound recording, the soundcard places the data obtained from the recording into a buffer, and the recording application draws from it. Buffer are also useful in output, for example printer buffers store up entire documents and printers draw from them a line or a page at a time taking thier own time to do things.Buffers help to allow the proccessor to not be waiting around for I/O so it can get on with proccessing tasks.
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