Screen buffer

The term " off-screen " or " off-screen buffer " refers to a memory area where a screen image is built up while watching a different video content.

Is the screen contents in the offscreen buffer ready this is the visible image and the previous image memory for offscreen buffer. The only way to create the impression of fluid motion by rapidly switching between the storage areas.

Requirement is that the new screen content in max. of time can be calculated in which the finished screen content can be seen. Fluid motion arise from about 25-30 frames per second.

• Computer Graphics