Random Access Memory

Random Access Memory (RAM) is the operational memory of a computer. Computers have serial storage devices and random access storage devices. Serial devices must be read from beginning to end to find a piece of data in the middle. Random access devices allow direct access to any part of it. When the computer loads programs from peripheral storage, they go into RAM.

As RAM technology has advanced, new types of RAM were created with greater storage capacity and faster access times. Like all components of the computer, memory is a device and requires a driver. Drivers for RAM devices are built into the BIOS microcode of most mainboards with additional drivers being installed by the operating system.

 

 

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