Your computer processes data, stores it, and sends it to different peripherals and output devices. Computer science uses a few terms specific to this type of process: spooling, buffering and caching.

There's a viral video spreading on TikTok right now called the "Buffer Video," and it supposedly crashes the TikTok app if a user watches it. The clip shows a red-headed boy wearing headphones and ...

Buffer Overflow Attacks occur as a result of excess data being input into a system memory buffer. Moreover, when the memory buffer’s capacity has been reached, the music will stop playing. To avoid ...

A programming technique that uses two buffers to speed up a computer that can overlap I/O with processing. Data in one buffer are being processed while the next set of data is read into the other one.

Odin Halvorson works at the intersection of technology, creativity, and community, bridging the gap between science, the arts, and empathy. With an MFA from Stonecoast and an MLIS from San Jose State ...