<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Dirty bit - Page 1 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=dirty_bit&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p>A <b>dirty bit</b> or <b>modified bit</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=bit">bit</a> that is associated with a block of computer memory and indicates whether the corresponding block of memory has been modified. The dirty bit is set when the <a href="page.php?w=Central_processing_unit">processor</a> writes to (modifies) this memory. The bit indicates that its associated block of memory has been modified and has not been saved to <a href="page.php?w=secondary_memory"> storage</a>  yet. When a block of memory is to be replaced, its corresponding dirty</p><p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=dirty_bit&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
