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How does RAM work?
Name: Baltej Gill Date: July 24, 1999 at 08:53:39 Pacific
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Hello. I am doing a project on"How Ram Works." If you can help me, plz email me. I am not looking for "the different types of RAM< the definition of RAM," etc.....but I am looking for how RAM takes information from the cpu/disk, and becomes a temporary memory area and displays it. If you know of any way u can help me, like if you know a good site that has a lot of information, or if you urself have any information to asssist me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You!
Name: Daniel Date: July 24, 1999 at 10:09:21 Pacific
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Very long answer for your question. Go to library, and purchase book.
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Response Number 2
Name: Telesom Date: July 24, 1999 at 13:46:53 Pacific
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RAM are chips that consist banks with addresses that temporarily hold information being processed(data and programs)that's read or written to the CPU. Also, the Operating System is automatically loaded to the RAM when you bootup. Since the OS is in the RAM it can manage your system. RAM can hold information of different formats(graphics, text, ASCII codes etc). RAM is a shared resource and some people believe that it's one of the most important components in your computer.
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Response Number 3
Name: Telesom Date: July 24, 1999 at 14:37:25 Pacific
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Oh, I forgot how? The OS is in the RAM, if you input something from the keyboard or the mouse they go to buffers, right? The buffers are open to the RAM and the CPU can grab everything from the RAM and output to where they belong(ie monitor). Sometimes applications are involved as a middleman. There are registers in the CPU which are very fast RAM. The speed of memory is measured by nanoseconds(ie 66,100,133). The RAM is just like a water tank, simple isn't it? The main goal of putting RAM in computers is the need for speed of processing information. If you don't need speed you can even use a PC without memory.
This is briefly how ram works. Is that what you want?
http://www.whatis.com/ramguide.htm#howworks
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Response Number 5
Name: Matt Date: July 13, 2000 at 03:13:52 Pacific
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66,100,133 is the measurement of the system clock speed that the ram works with. RAM speed is indeed measured in ns but the speeds normally ranges from about 20 to 75 ns.
matt
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Response Number 6
Name: Upendo Moshi Date: October 20, 2000 at 06:34:42 Pacific
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Am confused you said RAM is very fast but at the same time is temporary is this the one when you switch off the computer it disappear
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