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Memory
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Memory
RAM
- High speed, volatile memory
- Volatile = temporary (requires power to retain data
- Used as main memory, can be read or written to
- When computer boots up, operating system copied from secondary storage to RAM.
- Software applications, documents opened they are copied from secondary storage to RAM. They stay in RAM until applications are closed
- As applications opened, RAM fills with data.
- When computer boots up, operating system copied from secondary storage to RAM.
- Main memory - where all data/files/programs stored while they are being used
- Slower than CPU cache, faster than secondary storage
- High speed, volatile memory
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- Mind Map on Memory, created by Simran Gill on 11/11/2018.
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