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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] One last dumb question about processor -- for now ??

On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 11:43:00AM -0500, William Case wrote:

> But Stallings never quite says "The original value is still in memory"

I guess it isn't spelled out, but "read" is basically a synonym for
"fetch".  Just like reading from disk doesn't zero what you've just
read, reading from memory doesn't either.

Cheers,
Jody


> I wanted to be sure I understood properly.  A lot operations depend on
> the original value still being in memory.
> 
> Thanks, it is always easier to understand something when one can get
> some external confirmation but things that are iffy in ones own mind.
> 
> Regards Bill
> 
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