What is volatile memory?

Answer 1

volatile memory is memory that will wipe all the data saved to it after the computer shuts down e.g: RAM.

Answer 2

Volatile memory is any memory inside your computer that looses state when your computer looses power. Examples of this are System Memory (RAM), Video Memory and Hard Drive Buffers.

These are the opposite of non-volatile memory which does not loose state upon power loss. Non-volatile memory is typically EEPROM (electronically erasable programable read only memory). Examples of EEPROM are your BIOS which your computer starts from, as well as firmware for hardware devices.

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Answer 3

Computer memory that only last when a computer is on. When the computer is shut off the memory is gone. When working on your computer programs are accessing memory for program performance but not saving anything. The hard drive is used for that peice of saving data. Memory acts like a row of houses on a street. The only difference is that programs are temporarily living in these homes (Memory Blocks) when they are being used only

Answer 4

1.) Volatile memory is memory that does not persist its value during a power-off cycle. Examples include RAM and CPU registers.

2.) In the case of C++, and certain other multi-threaded languages, the volatile attribute means the memory location could be altered by a different thread or a different processor, and thus is not a candidate for register optimization, i.e. it needs to be reloaded from memory every time it is referenced. Examples include mutexes, semaphores, etc.

Answer 5

Volatile memory is any computer memory that loses its data content when power is removed. This includes static ram (SRAM) and dynamic ram (DRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3). SRAM is sometimes made pseudo-non-volatile by adding a battery to keep the memory powered when the rest of the computer is off. Dynamic memory has to be refreshed at intervals of a few milliseconds even when powered, so battery backup is too complex to be practical in most cases.

Nonvolatile memory keeps its data after power is removed. Flash memory has replaced earlier form of nonvolatile, semiconductor based memory. Flash is slow compared to DRAM, and can be rewritten a limited number of times. Flash is the basis of USB "thumb" drives, SD cards, etc.

Hard disks, CDROMs, and DVDs are also sometimes referred to as nonvolatile memory.

Answer 6

It is memory that is lost when you turn your computer off. RAM (Random Access Memory) is volatile. If you are making something like a word processing document or spreadsheet, it is in the memory of the computer as you work on it. If you then turn the computer off and back on, when it is turned on again, that file will not be there. So what you do is save the document to your hard disk or some other storage device. After that you turn off your computer. When you turn it on again, you can load the saved document and use it.

Answer 7

RAM is one. Any memory that loses the data when it has no power is volatile.

Answer 8

Volatile Memory, which means that its contents are lost when the computer is shut down