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What is memory? |
A smaller stick that stores data. |
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What is the difference between memory and hard drive storage? |
Data is stored permanently on the hard drive and can only be used when moving to RAM, |
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What is ROM? |
It can't be changed or erased, can be programmable in PROM, and can be erased in EPROM. |
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What is SRAM? |
Static RAM. It has very fast memory and is specialized. It is very expensive and pretty large. No refreshing , but still volatile. It's used in processor caches. |
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What is DRAM? |
Dynamic Random Access Memory, needs constant refreshing. Most commonly used in our computers. |
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What is SDRAM? |
It's not static RAM, it stands for Synchronous DRAM. It's synchronous with the common system clock, and it's not seen on many of our computers. |
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What is RDRAM? |
Rambus DRAM, a new type of memory that can go much faster created by Rambus and Intel. It's more expensive than traditional memory. |
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What is DDR SDRAM? |
Double Data Rate SDRAM. It has twice the data rate as ordinary SDRAM. |
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What is DDR2 SDRAM? |
DDR SDRAM's next generation, twice as fast, with enhanced electrical interace, buffers, and off-chip drivers. |
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What is DDR3 SDRAM? |
Twice the data of DDR2, larger chip capacities. |
