COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MEMORY SYSTEMS
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Question
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The characteristics of RAM are it is ____
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Permanent, non-volatile, not expandable and you can’t write to it
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Temporary, volatile, expandable and you can write to it.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Volatile memory is a temporary memory because it can only hold the information until the device or the computer runs on power. It loses the stored memory as soon as someone interrupts the power supply. The operating system (OS) loads the memory of RAM.
Detailed explanation-2: -read/write memory A type of memory that, in normal operation, allows the user to access (read from) or alter (write to) individual storage locations within the device. The choice of read or write operation is normally determined by a read/write signal applied to the device. RAM devices are typical read/write memories.
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