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The first random access memory was the Williams-Kilburn Tube (a type of cathode ray tube - CRT) invented by Freddie Williamsand Tom Kilburn in 1946 at the University of Manchester in England. It was a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) like most modern semiconductor random access memory, and like them needed to be refreshed periodically to prevent loss of data due to the gradual discharge of the capacitances used to store bits. Unlike modern semiconductor random access memory, addressing of the memory used analog waveforms which made the Williams-Kilburn Tube sensitive to drift, temperature changes, power stability, etc.
It was very popular on large high speed computers until ferrite magnetic core memory began to replace it after 1954. Magnetic core memory had the advantages of being nonvolatile static random access memory (NOVSRAM) meaning it not only needed no refresh but also retained data while power was off, as well as having all digital addressing.
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Why the name is given as random access memory?
This is done as because you can access the memory at any random point i-e randomly.
Is hard disk random access memory or sequantial access memory?
A hard disk is a Sequential Access Memory device or SAM
How do you test a random access memory?
On the inside of your tower there is a one inch tall by four inch long chip ripe thing attached to ur motherboard. That is your ram or random access memory.
What is the unit of random access memory?
Random access memory (usually known by its acronym, RAM) is a type of computer data storage. It takes the form of integrated circuits that allow the stored data to be accessed in any order - that is, at random and without the physical movement of the storage medium or a physical reading head. RAM is a volatile memory as the information or instructions stored in it will be lost if the power is switched off.source: Wikipedia
What are the Examples of RAM and ROM?
RAM stands for Random Access Memory and today it's mainly spread in form of semiconductors and used in computers and other electronica ldevices for randomly data accessing. Random because you can access anything in RAM in same time as other thing with no dependencies at all. They are volatile because they are easily and often changed and the content is lost after the power is turned off. ROM stands for Read Only Memory and its used for device firmware chips to store data in order they can be protected from modification.
Who invented random access memory?
Jay W. Forrester
What does ram mean in computer language?
random access memory
Another name for main memory?
RAM: random access memory
What is MRAM Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory made of?
Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory
What does ram means in computer terms?
Random access memory.
What does a ram stand for?
Random Access Memory
What is the expanded form of RAM?
Random Access Memory.
What is the type of memory that holds files and programs only while you are using them?
RAM, or random access memory.
What is the other name of RAM?
RAM is the abbreviation for Random Access Memory.
Why the name is given as random access memory?
This is done as because you can access the memory at any random point i-e randomly.
What is the random operating memory?
There is no such thing. random access memory maybe? RAM ROM = Read Only Memory, not Random Operating Memory.
In computar jargon RAM stands for Random Access?
Random Access Memory
