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What is ram

Mar 8th, 2008 20:51
dman, vijay y, Deepak Sharma, dennis mennis, http://sturly.com

Random access memory (RAM) is a volatile semiconductor memory that is 
widely used in computers. This type of memory is called random access 
because any memory location can be accessed directly if the row and 
column of the location is known. The memory is arranged like a table 
and a specific location of memory can be specified by a row and column 
number. Accessing RAM is faster than accessing magnetic storage devices 
like Hard Disk Drives. 
RAM holds the data for temporary purposes. As long as the system is on, 
the data remains there; but after the power is gone, the data is also 
gone. It can be 64,128,256,512,1024 Mb and so on. 
If you have more RAM, then your system will be faster. Running heavy 
applications like Creating Game, managing a server, or running a 
powerful software require greater sizes of RAM.
There are two types of RAM. 1- S-RAM, 2- DRAM or DDR RAM. These days, 
the second type (DRAM) is preferred over the first (S-RAM).
Hope this helps
Deepak
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