Inside Your Computer
Random Access Memory (RAM)
A.K.A.
- RAM
- Random Access Memory
- Memory
- DIMMs and SIMMs
What Is It?
Thin rectangular microchip that is similar in size to a low-fat sugar wafer. They are usually installed (on your motherboard) in pairs. RAM comes in different flavors DRAM, SRAM, VRAM, etc.
What Does It Look Like?
What Does It Do?
Random Access memory or RAM as it is commonly called, is measured in megabytes. A megabyte is the equivalent of one million (1,048,576) bytes.
A byte equals one unit of information. A megabyte is the measurement used for RAM, CD-ROMs, Floppy Disks and Hard Drives.
The miracle of RAM happens when you turn on the computer and double click on your favorite game or program.
The contents (information) is temporarily stored in RAM, meaning it is now ready for use and appears on your computer screen.
Your program will remain stored in RAM until you exit (close) the program. Also every thing is removed from RAM when you turnoff the computer, so make sure you save it to your hard drive before closing your application and or shutting off the computer.
Who Makes Them?
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