What is RAM?
| Random Access Memory |
| Your computer should have as much RAM as you can afford if it's going to work efficiently. All computers use RAM in the same way (because they are all based on the Von Neumann architecture). Both programs and data are called up from permanent storage (usually a hard drive or floppy disk) and operate in RAM. In general, this means that the more RAM you have, the more able you are to handle large amounts of data and big programs though in practice, a lot of data in RAM is passed off into slower virtual memory to free up working space. |
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