what does RAM stands for in computer

@orejin (198)
India
January 9, 2007 6:57am CST
Ram...rom....epirom...i know some of them...what does RAM means
5 responses
napoletano
@napoletano (888)
• Italy
9 Jan 07
RAM=RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY IS MEMORY VIRTUAL CONTAINS DATA TEMPORALY.....ROM=READ ONLY MEMORY IS A MEMORY OF ONLY READ SERV FOR BOOT CONTAIN BIOS
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joshua_77
@joshua_77 (612)
• India
9 Jan 07
yes correct Ram is a temporarily storage device. Rom is a permanent storage device ,we cannot erase it, also when we switch off the computer all the contents of the ram is erased but rom contents are nor erased rom contains non valatile datas, mostly rom is used for bios operation
sarojrath
@sarojrath (247)
• India
9 Jan 07
Random Access Memory. It helps the computer to run faster. We have different category of RAM. They are 128MB,256MB,512MB and more.
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joshua_77
@joshua_77 (612)
• India
9 Jan 07
yes this is ram speed ya it helps the computer quickely open files and start program in few seconds.
joshua_77
@joshua_77 (612)
• India
9 Jan 07
Ram means Random Access Memory we can read and write Rom means Read only Memory we can do only read EPROM means Erassable programmable read only memory we can erase the memory
hinrichas
@hinrichas (395)
• Spain
9 Jan 07
I have 1012 RAM's in my computer. It's very good thing :D. Have a nice day.
djoby2005
@djoby2005 (75)
• Romania
9 Jan 07
OK RAM stands for Random Acces Memory, let me explain it to you. When you start a program, all the files needed to run that program are copied from your hard drive to your RAM memory and it runs from there. That's why the more RAM you have the more faster your computer runs, because for larger programs (games) the memory isn't enough to load all the files necesary and it keeps erasing and copying files that are needed to run unlike when you have more RAM it loads a much greater amount of RAM. Hope this helps you to understand