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auxiliary memory

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auxiliary memory

A high-speed memory bank used in mainframes and supercomputers. It is not directly addressable by the CPU; rather, it functions like a disk. Data are transferred from auxiliary memory to main memory over a high-bandwidth channel. See auxiliary storage.


auxiliary memory [ȯg¦zil·yə·rē ′mem·rē]
(computer science)
A high-speed memory that is in a large main frame or supercomputer, is not directly addressable by the central processing unit, and is connected to the main memory by a high-speed data channel.


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