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Primary Storage
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Mind map to help revise primary storage
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gcse
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Martin Evemy
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Primary Storage
RAM
Purpose
Short term memory
Main place for storing instructions and data whilst a program is being executed.
Part of Fetch, Decode, Execute cycle
RAM is much faster than a HDD or SSD
Volatile
Can be overwritten
ROM
Purpose
Gives computer instructions on how to start up
Loads operating system into RAM
Access built in hardware such as the HDD
Non Volatile
Does not lose information when power is turned off
Firmware
Cannot be overwritten
Differences
Cache
Purpose
Used to temporarily hold data and instructions that the processor is likely to reuse.
high-speed random access memory (RAM) which is built into the CPU
Faster than RAM because it is in the CPU
Virtual Memory
Purpose
When RAM is full, small area of secondary storage used as RAM to help
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