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scratchpad

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A CPU register or a reserved section of memory or disk that is used for temporary storage. See scratch tape and scratch disk.



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We have built SLIMPad, the Superimposed Layer Information Manager scratchPad, which allows problem solvers to easily select, annotate, and elaborate information from diverse information sources.
In several instances, that step required the use of a sophisticated computer algebra program known as Scratchpad II to transform algebraic expressions and equations into forms that better fit the computer's modes of operation.
2) Allocating a number of reserved memory blocks for use as a scratchpad and for internal translation tables, pre-writing modifications to the translation tables to the scratchpad area reduces the risk of data and FAT corruption due to low voltage writes by reducing the window of vulnerability that the Flash device spends in the write phase.
 
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