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    Dirty Bit

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:40 pm
    Vangie Beal
    Written by Vangie Beal
    A bit in a memory cache or virtual memory page that has been modified by the CPU, but not yet written back to storage.

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    Vangie Beal

    Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

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