1.3 Memory

What does RAM stand for?

• Random Address Memory

• Random Access Memory

• Register Access Memory

• Read Access Memory

Choose the correct explanation of RAM

• RAM is main memory

• RAM can only read

• RAM is non-volatile

• RAM stores data/files/programs that were currently used

When the computer boots up, (a)   system is copied from secondary storage to RAM

What does it mean by "Random" in RAM

• The access is allowed randomly

• It can write randomly - doesn't know if it can write or not

• The data can be written anywhere in the memory

When the RAM is full, the data/files/programs that were not used currently, is passed to (a)   memory,

which is in hard drive but works like RAM (but still slow)

Why doesn't the processor get the data from Hard Disk?

• It takes too long

• If the processor does that, the computer will be slow

• It is far from the processor

Which one is faster?

• HDD/SSD

• RAM

A (a)   loader loads the operating system, then rests.

What does ROM store?

• BIOS

• chocolate

• bootstrap loader

• data/programs

Which one is primary storage?

• RAM

• SSD

• HDD

• ROM