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1.2 Revision (RAM (Part of the main memory, acts as temporary store for…
1.2 Revision
RAM
Part of the main memory
acts as temporary store for program instructions and data
Ram can be accessed any order
programs held in RAM can run quickly
Volatile memory
Holds billions of store locations
ROM
Type of main memory
Directly accessed by the cpu
ROM is read only memory
can not be written ober
Non-Volatile
Memory
Two parts of memory
Main memory
RAM
ROM chips
Secondary storage
Volatile Memory
Volatile when the computer is turned off you lose all you data
Main memory is always volatile
Non-volatile memory will always hold everything it was storing
SRAM
commonly used for cache
DRAM
What you find in a RAM module
Slotted into a socket on the motherboard
Two types of RAM