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Memory in a normal desktop computer today is organized in two different places:
- In the physical memory chips, attached to your motherboard.
- In a "paging file" on the hard drive of your pc.
Memory is further organized into just regular memory, or what is called virtual memory. Virtual memory can exist on the memory chips, and on your hard drive in the paging file.
On the next level, memory is organized on a per program basis. A program loads up, takes what it needs, then continues on working. As the program needs to store more information in the memory, it make take up more and more. That is why if you load a 20 page word document, it would take up more space than a two page word document.
And memory optimizers simply do not work. All they do is move memory from the memory chips to your hard drive, making it seem like they are actually working. They actually make programs slower, since they have to reload that memory from the hard drive, into the memory.
What else can I help you with?
What is stack memory?
part of memory organized in stack
What term describes flash memory?
Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. Flash memory gets its name because the microchip is organized so that a section of memory cells are erased in a single action or "flash."
Is ram 'computer memory' or 'backing storage'?
its computer memory
What can be stored in the main memory of a computer system?
Computer memory
How do you get video memory on a computer?
how can i get the video memory address in computer?.
What is memory map table?
A memory map table is a data structure that associates ranges of memory addresses with specific hardware devices or memory locations. It provides an organized way for the operating system to manage the various memory resources available in the system. The memory map table helps determine where data should be stored or retrieved in the computer's memory hierarchy.
What happens to your memory on a computer when you install more?
When you install more memory into a computer, the computer's memory level becomes higher
Computer memory is what kind of device?
Computer memory is a form of computer data storage, which takes the form of integrated circuits. There are two types of computer memory: Random-access memory (RAM) and Read-only memory (ROM).
why are a computer need memory?
A computer needs memory to store data .
What does a computer remember?
ROM is memory the computer will remember. RAM is memory the computer will loss when you turn off the computer.
What is segmentation in computer memory?
memory segmentation is the process of dividing the computer memory into different overlapping segments.
What is the meaning of computer memory?
Computer memory is what data the computer can keep stored. A computer can return to your favorite web address because it is stored in it's memory for example.
