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    The Buffers Used in the 1950s to Reduce the Discrepancy
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The Buffers Used in the 1950s to Reduce the Discrepancy

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The buffers used in the 1950s to reduce the discrepancy in speed between the I/O and the CPU were conceptually similar to those now used routinely by Web browsers to make video and audio playback smoother.

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