"back buffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: back buffers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back buffer (plural back buffers)
  1. (computer graphics) A buffer used to store graphics while they are being drawn, and later copied to the display in a single operation. Categories (topical): Computer graphics

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