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RAM

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ALSO CALLED: Random Access Memory
DEFINITION:

For additional information, see Fast Guide to RAM.

RAM (random access memory) is the place in a computer where the operating system, application programs, and data in current use are kept so that they can be quickly reached by the computer's processor. RAM is much faster to read from and write to than the other kinds of storage in a computer,  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on RAM
FPGAs - Under the Hood
sponsored by National Instruments
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
SUMMARY: This white paper is intended for the nondigital designer who wants to understand the fundamental parts of an FPGA and how it all works "under the hood."

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Traditional VPS Versus Hosting.com's vManaged SMB Solutions
sponsored by Hosting.com
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 18 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: vManaged SMB solution overcomes even more challenges that traditional VPS's face, like the ability to take entire snapshots of your virtualized server, which makes back ups simple, and grants revolutionary mobility to your servers.

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TOPICS:  Memory | RAM | Servers | SMB

 
RAM DEFINITION (continued): …  the hard disk, floppy disk, and CD-ROM. However, the data in RAM stays there only as long as your computer is running. When you turn the computer off, RAM loses its data. When you turn your computer on again, your operating system and other files are once again loaded into RAM, usually from your hard disk.

RAM can be compared to a person's short-term memory and the hard disk to the long-term memory. The short-term memory focuses on work at hand, but can only keep so many facts in view at one time. If short-term memory fills up, your brain sometimes is able to refresh it from facts … 
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