Monday 27 February 2012

Transient Memory and RAM

Transient memory has been defined as 'Memories which have a short-term existence within an electronic device'. It has many implications, but this is the core definition.


RAM which is used in computing, is also known as 'random access memory'. This memory is also not permanent, and is an area of space to perform tasks whilst the computer is on. There is an amount of storage utilised by programs to temporarily store an retrieve data related to running a specific program or programs. You can read and write, but once the computer is turned off, everything stored in that memory space is deleted. 


There are some similarities between transient memory and RAM, which will be explored further.

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