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How do you tell how much memory a computer has?

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You could physically examine the hardware, or check your OS.

In Windows, you can right click on "My Computer" and select properties.

In Linux and other Unix-like OSes, you can examine the /proc/meminfo file ("cat /proc/meminfo") or use the "free -m" or "top" commands.

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