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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

memory

The memory, or store, is part of the computer system where data and instructions are held for use by the central processor and where the central processor puts the results that it generates.

Related terms
kilobytemegabytemicroprocessorcachedynamic memoryimmediate access storelocationmemory management unit (MMU)physical addressrandom access memory (RAM)read-only memory (ROM)static memorystatic RAMstorevirtual memoryvolatile memorymemory allocationmemory managementmemory refreshsegment
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Hardware › memory
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