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'''Random Access Memory''' (often given as '''RAM''') is slang term for a computer's [[main memory]]. RAM is almost always implemented with [[Dynamic RAM]] now. RAM can be written and read at will.
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'''Random Access Memory''' (often given as '''RAM''') is slang term for a computer's [[main memory]]. RAM is almost always implemented with [[Dynamic RAM]] now; it can be written and read at will.
  
Many people confuse this with [[disk]] [[secondary memory ]] (although technically disks are also accessible at random - unlike, say, tape [[secondary storage]]).
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Many people confuse this with [[disk]] [[secondary memory]] (although technically disks are also [[random access]] - unlike, say, tape [[secondary storage]]).
  
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Revision as of 21:31, 20 October 2018

Random Access Memory (often given as RAM) is slang term for a computer's main memory. RAM is almost always implemented with Dynamic RAM now; it can be written and read at will.

Many people confuse this with disk secondary memory (although technically disks are also random access - unlike, say, tape secondary storage).