DMA

American  

abbreviation

Computers.

1. direct memory access: a technique for transferring data to and from external storage.

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DMA British  

abbreviation

1. direct memory access

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Etymology

Origin of DMA

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Under the DMA, the world's biggest tech companies must open up to competition to give consumers more options and limit abuses linked to market dominance.

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And any DMA violations can lead to fines of up to 10 percent of a company's total global turnover.

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"We're already licensing search data to competitors under the DMA," Google's senior competition counsel Clare Kelly said in a statement.

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Google already faces a fine under the DMA for favouring its own services in a probe launched in March 2024.

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The giant has also been subject to a separate DMA probe since November over suspicions it pushed down news outlets in search results.

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