What is RAM.

Random Access Memory

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RAM (Random Access Memory)  RAM can be compared to a person's short-term memory and the hard disk to the long-term memory. The short-term memory focuses on work at hand, and can keep only a few facts in view at one time. If short-term memory fills up, your brain is sometimes able to refresh it from facts stored in long-term memory. A computer also works this way. If RAM fills up, the processor needs to continually go to the hard disk to overlay old data in RAM with new, slowing down the computer's operation. RAM is the internal memory that can be read. When people talk about computer memory, they are generally referring to the RAM. RAM is volatile i.e. its contents are lost when power is turned off. RAM also has a limited storage capacity. RAM (random access memory) is the place in a computer where the operating system, application programs and data in current use are kept so that they can be quickly reached by the computer's processor. RAM is much faster to read than the other kinds of storage in a computer such as the hard disk, floppy disk and CD-ROM. However, the data in RAM stays there only as long as your computer is running. When you turn the computer off, RAM loses its data. When you turn your computer on again, your operating system and other files are once again loaded into RAM, usually from your hard disk.

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RAM (Random Access Memory)  RAM can be compared to a person's short-term memory and the hard disk to the long-term memory. The short-term memory focuses on work at hand, and can keep only a few facts in view at one time. If short-term memory fills up, your brain is sometimes able to refresh it from facts stored in long-term memory. A computer also works this way. If RAM fills up, the processor needs to continually go to the hard disk to overlay old data in RAM with new, slowing down the computer's operation. RAM is the internal memory that can be read. When people talk about computer memory, they are generally referring to the RAM. RAM is volatile i.e. its contents are lost when power is turned off. RAM also has a limited storage capacity. RAM (random access memory) is the place in a computer where the operating system, application programs and data in current use are kept so that they can be quickly reached by the computer's processor. RAM is much faster to read than the other kinds of storage in a computer such as the hard disk, floppy disk and CD-ROM. However, the data in RAM stays there only as long as your computer is running. When you turn the computer off, RAM loses its data. When you turn your computer on again, your operating system and other files are once again loaded into RAM, usually from your hard disk.