Memory

What are the two groups for memory and storage?

Primary and Secondary storage

What is offline storage?

Storage devices which can be stored away from the computer

What is RAM?

Random Access Memory

Why do we need primary storage?

Act as a temporary storage for programs and data while the program is being executed

Why do we need main memory to store the programs currently being executed?

The computer would be really slow

What is virtual memory?

A portion of the hard disk designated to function as additional RAM

Volatile

Lose all contents?

Out of RAM and ROM which is volatile?

RAM

What is the bootstrap loader (booting)?

A small program that loads the operating system

What is ROM?

Read Only Memory

What are the characteristics of RAM?

• Volatile
• Stores user data which is currently in use
• Memory can be written to or read from

What are the characteristics of ROM?

• Non - volatile
• Used to store bootstrap loader
• Memory can only be read from and NOT written to