Computer memory stores information, such as data and programs, for immediate use in the computer. The term memory is often synonymous with the terms RAM...

the CPU and memory, while the latter performs arithmetic and logical operations on data. Without a significant amount of memory, a computer would merely...

such as a hard disk drive, is referred to as paging or swapping. Computer memory is divided into pages so that information can be found more quickly...

form of a microprocessor, together with some type of computer memory, typically semiconductor memory chips. The processing element carries out arithmetic...

Random-access memory (RAM; /ræm/) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data...

was magnetic core memory. Central Processing Unit (CPU) The portion of a computer system that executes the instructions of a computer program. Contents: ...

switches, a stored-program computer loads its instructions into memory just like it loads its data into memory. As a result, the computer could be programmed...

users of a very large (main) memory". The computer's operating system, using a combination of hardware and software, maps memory addresses used by a program...

the memory like an array endorsed by various programming languages. A digital computer's main memory consists of many memory locations. Each memory location...

In computer science, shared memory is memory that may be simultaneously accessed by multiple programs with an intent to provide communication among them...

random-access memory (VRAM) is dedicated computer memory used to store the pixels and other graphics data as a framebuffer to be rendered on a computer monitor...

Non-volatile memory (NVM) or non-volatile storage is a type of computer memory that can retain stored information even after power is removed. In contrast...

Semiconductor memory is a digital electronic semiconductor device used for digital data storage, such as computer memory. It typically refers to devices...

In computer operating systems, memory paging (or swapping on some Unix-like systems) is a memory management scheme by which a computer stores and retrieves...

the market gradually between 1973 and 1978. Although core memory is obsolete, computer memory is still sometimes called "core" even though it is made of...

and main memory. Multitasking automatically interrupts the running program, saving its state (partial results, memory contents and computer register contents)...

Core rope memory is a form of read-only memory (ROM) for computers. It was used in the UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) and the UNIVAC II, developed...

The memory cell is the fundamental building block of computer memory. The memory cell is an electronic circuit that stores one bit of binary information...

applied to computer memory. The essential requirement of memory management is to provide ways to dynamically allocate portions of memory to programs...

In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory management. The garbage collector attempts to reclaim memory that was allocated...

In computer architecture, the memory hierarchy separates computer storage into a hierarchy based on response time. Since response time, complexity, and...

including communication protocols. In most traditional computer architectures, the CPU and main memory tend to be tightly coupled, with the internal bus connecting...

An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has...

EDVAC were to be stored in high-speed computer memory rather than specified by the physical wiring of the computer. This overcame a severe limitation of...

that stores a memory address. This can be that of another value located in computer memory, or in some cases, that of memory-mapped computer hardware. A...

the main memory (colloquially called the "RAM") in modern computers and graphics cards (where the "main memory" is called the graphics memory). It is also...

High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a computer memory interface for 3D-stacked synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) initially from Samsung, AMD...

Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified...

Volatile memory, in contrast to non-volatile memory, is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information; it retains its contents...

cache and internal registers of a CPU while DRAM is used for a computer's main memory. Semiconductor bipolar SRAM was invented in 1963 by Robert Norman...