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Name: What is Direct Memory Access (DMA)?
ID: m11867
Language: English (en)
Summary: Explains what a direct memory access is.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: direct memory access, dma
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: CJ Ganier (seejaie@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: CJ Ganier (seejaie@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Deania Fernandez (deaniafe@rice.edu), CJ Ganier (seejaie@rice.edu), adrian valenzuela (adrianv@rice.edu), Patrick Frantz (jpfrantz@rice.edu)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Feb 26, 2004 1:07 pm US/Central
Revised: Aug 21, 2005 7:00 pm GMT-5

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Version: 1.2 Aug 21, 2005 7:00 pm GMT-5 by CJ Ganier
Changes: 
updated for fall 05
Version: 1.1 Feb 26, 2004 1:51 pm US/Central by CJ Ganier
Changes: 
none made

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