What is the difference between buffer and cache memory in Linux?

Buffers are associated with a specific block device, and cover caching of filesystem metadata as well as tracking in-flight pages. The cache only contains parked file data. That is, the buffers remember what’s in directories, what file permissions are, and keep track of what memory is being written from or read to for a particular … Read more

Convert a binary NodeJS Buffer to JavaScript ArrayBuffer

Instances of Buffer are also instances of Uint8Array in node.js 4.x and higher. Thus, the most efficient solution is to access the buf.buffer property directly, as per https://stackoverflow.com/a/31394257/1375574. The Buffer constructor also takes an ArrayBufferView argument if you need to go the other direction. Note that this will not create a copy, which means that … Read more

What does it mean by buffer?

Imagine that you’re eating candy out of a bowl. You take one piece regularly. To prevent the bowl from running out, someone might refill the bowl before it gets empty, so that when you want to take another piece, there’s candy in the bowl. The bowl acts as a buffer between you and the candy … Read more

How do I close a single buffer (out of many) in Vim?

A word of caution: “the w in bw does not stand for write but for wipeout!” More from manuals: :bd Unload buffer [N] (default: current buffer) and delete it from the buffer list. If the buffer was changed, this fails, unless when [!] is specified, in which case changes are lost. The file remains unaffected. If you … Read more

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