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Foil 82 Double Buffering

From Java Academy II:Advanced Java NPAC/ECS Java Academy -- February to April 98. by Tom Scavo
The previous animations exhibit a noticeable flicker caused by the continuous clearing and repainting of the applet window
Flicker can be avoided by double buffering
A buffer is an off-screen graphics image
All drawing is done in the buffer, which is then copied to the applet window as a last step

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