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Text buffer

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Text buffer may refer to:

  • In programming:
    • a text buffer is a region in memory where text is temporarily stored while it is being worked on by the CPU. The CPU can write and read to and from a text buffer, essentially manipulating text. The CPU might be moving it from one location to another to fulfil a request by a user. see Data buffer
    • a part of video adapter's memory in a text mode;
    • a backup (or mirror, or emulation) of that part in the system RAM, see e.g. virtual console.
  • In text editors: