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A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O operation, is a
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Buffer
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A buffer is a temporary storage area that holds data being transferred between the CPU and I/O devices. It compensates for speed differences between fast CPU operations and slower I/O devices, preventing data loss during transmission. Channels are data paths, registers are CPU internal storage, and cores refer to magnetic core memory.