RAM

Question 1

What does RAM stand for?

Answer 1

Random Access Memory

Question 2

What is RAM?

Answer 2

RAM is the type of memory used as the computer’s main memory

Question 3

What do people sometimes mean when they say RAM?

Answer 3

Main memory

Question 4

Is the “random” is random access memory actually random?

Answer 4

No, it refers to the fact that data may be written anywhere in that memory space at any time.

Question 5

When does memory space become available?

Answer 5

When files are deleted.

Question 6

True of false? Space can be reused.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What happens when a program is to be executed?

Answer 7

When a program is to be executed it has to be loaded from the hard disk into main memory so that the processor can access the instructions

Question 8

What is the main purpose of RAM?

Answer 8

The main purpose of RAM is to acts as temporary storage for programs and data while the program is being executed

Question 9

Why doesn’t the processor get the instructions straight from the hard disk?

Answer 9

It is about access speed. Reading and writing to a hard disk is very slow compared to the speed of the processor and main memory