What does RAM stand for?
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Answer: Random Access Memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage. It’s volatile; it loses its contents as soon as power to the system drops, and needs to be backed up periodically. The term originates from random-access direct memory access or “random read-access”), which means that you can choose any cell and read or write to it directly. Random access stores information in terabytes–tera representing 1 trillion bytes of data.
Answer: Random Access Memory.
This is pretty straightforward. Your computer has a processor that responds to instructions, but storing instructions isn’t enough – you need something for it to act on when the instructions are ready. That’s where RAM comes in; memory space made up of data storage cells which can be switched quickly by turning them on or off purely by changing voltage levels needed for circuitry to send information back and forth between the CPU and the RAM cells. If your computer wants to store 1 gigabyte of data then you will need 1 gigabyte of memory “working” at any time – it goes about this allocation by assigning available slots within dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, with one millionth second being used as a rough measure.