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shadow RAM

A RAM copy of a PC's ROM BIOS. In order to improve performance, the BIOS, which is stored in a ROM chip, is copied to and executed from RAM. RAM chips are accessed faster than ROMs.

(operating system)

shadow ram - A memory area in PC-AT compatibles used to store frequently accessed ROM code to speed up operation.

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