dirty bit Last modified: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
A bit in a memory cache or virtual memory page that has been modified by the CPU, but not yet written back to storage.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about dirty bit . Also check out the following links! PC Guide: Cache Write Policy and the Dirty Bit In addition to caching reads from memory, the system is capable of caching writes to memory. The handling of the address bits and the cache lines, etc. is pretty similar to how this is done when the cache is read.	Data bit bit rate bit stuffing cache cache memory CPU data write Give Us Your Feedback Shopping dirty bit Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Books 4 Model Matches Music 6 Model Matches