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Computer memory

Post  fearlove on Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:12 pm

In computing, memory refers to the physical devices used to store programs (sequences of instructions) or data (e.g. program state information) on a temporary or permanent basis for use in a computer or other digital electronic device. The term primary memory is used for the information in physical systems which are fast (i.e. RAM), as a distinction from secondary memory, which are physical devices for program and data storage which are slow to access but offer higher memory capacity. Primary memory stored on secondary memory is called "virtual memory".
The term "storage" is often (but not always) used in separate computers of traditional secondary memory such as tape, magnetic disk

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