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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, the hard disk, floppy disk, and CD-ROM. However, the data
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Surprising Security Threat: Take Steps Now to Safeguard Print Devices and Printed Data
sponsored by CDW Corporation
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Are your company's printers secure? Today’s networked printers and multifunction devices (MFDs) are an easy yet powerful way to offer cost-effective and more capable printing capabilities to employees. Read this paper to learn about security risks associated with printers and what you can do to heighten security.
Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009
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eGuide: Tipcast Transcript: Solid State Drives in the Enterprise
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
EGUIDE:
This series of tips discusses the issues involved in integrating solid state drives at three junctions in enterprise storage environments.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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Tipcast: Steps to creating Tier 0 storage
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PODCAST:
This podcast will discuss the differences between Tier 0, 1 and 2 storage.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 17 Dec 2008
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Router Essentials
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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Build a basic foundation of knowledge about routers, the devices that allow you to move packets between networks, by reading this white paper.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008
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RAM DEFINITION (continued): … 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 stored in long-term memory. A computer also works this way. If RAM fills … RAM definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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