Direct memory access

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

3

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What Wikipedia says

Direct memory access (DMA) is a feature of many computer systems that allows certain hardware subsystems to access main system memory independently of the central processing unit (CPU).

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