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Summary: RAM, or random access memory, is static memory that does not store information, but helps the memory operate quickly on a computer. Find out how RAM does not have moving parts and loses stored memory when the computer is turned off with insight from a certified computer technician in this free video on computers.
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"I'm Jonathan Ayres with Network for Success, and today we're going to talk about, "What Is RAM?" What is RAM? Well, RAM is a part of all computers. What part is it? Well, it's part of the memory. And, what kind of memory is it? Well, you know, computers have many different types of memory, so we need to focus on what RAM memory is. RAM stands for Random Access Memory, RAM. What other types of memory do we have on a computer? We have video memory, we have direct memory access channels that allow the memory to flow between different parts. We have hard drives, and so forth. So there are many different choices available, but, what is RAM? RAM really is a type of memory that is what we call flash memory because when you turn the computer off and it has no electricity, it goes away. It disappears completely. But when the computer's on, that flash memory is very, very fast. It's static memory, it doesn't have any moving parts. And it's just an area where you send electrons in, and they come back out again, and that's how you get your....your memory to operate so quickly. There are no moving parts involved. So, RAM or Random Access Memory is memory that is static. It can be used for various purposes inside a computer, but it's not for storage. It's not for long term storage, because when you turn the computer off, that memory disappears that is in RAM."
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technicalbloke said
on 10/20/2009 "RAM, or random access memory, is static memory that does not store information, but helps the memory operate quickly on a computer" - WTF are you talking about!?
1) The vast majority of RAM in computers is dynamic not static
2) It does "store information" the entire time it is powered on
3) as does STATIC ram, which is a specialized low power, low density form of RAM.
4) You are confusing the two!
5) Furthermore, normal RAM is NOT "flash" memory as you also state later.
6) Flash memory is exactly the opposite of what you claim it is.
7) It is a type of RAM that MAINTAINS STATE EVEN WITHOUT POWER.
8) It is NOT "very, very fast", compared to dynamic memory it is very, very slow.
8) You should know this, everyone knows this!
9) You go on to repeatedly misuse the word static. No moving parts does NOT IMPLY STATIC, you are confusing static with the term "SOLID STATE"
10) Hones...