Computer Components: RAM
By Ben Wharton
RAM and its uses.
Most modern computers are often performing more than one task at once. While you're using your computer to browse the Web, you may also be playing music and downloading a file. As you do these things, your computer is using Random Access Memory to store data from each of these running programs so that it's ready for easy access by your computer's processor.
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What is Random Access Memory (RAM)