What do you understand by RAM

 RAM—Random Access Memory: As the name suggests, any data from any location in RAM can be accessed at any time. The time taken to access any location is the same. RAM is read/write memory. We can read data from RAM and we can write data on RAM. Read process is non-destructive i.e., if we read data from a location, it still remains in the location. Write process is destructive i.e., if we write data in a memory location which already has some data stored in it, the previous data disappears and is replaced by the new data. RAM is volatile. Whenever the power is switched off, anything and everything stored in RAM vanishes. This is the reason why we call RAM a temporary memory. While buying a computer, the capacity of its RAM is important to be kept in mind. Nowadays personal computers upto 16 GB RAM are available.