Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
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ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Fundamentals of Input and Output Performance
The I/O subsystem is a component of computer system design that uses buses to assist communication between the Central Processing Unit, Computer Memory/Storage, and Input and Output Devices (that is known as peripheral devices). The I/O subsystem include…
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It is not apparent why cache memory is necessary since random access memory (RAM) is already there as a volatile memory and may be used instead. Is it feasible to utilize just one kind of computer memory for everything?
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