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Your question is a little vague - However... RAM is faster than say, a hard-disk because RAM is made of silicon chips holding thousands of tiny electronic switches which are quicker to access. On a hard-disk - the information has to be found first by reading a 'reference track' which locates the information on the disk - then a read-head has to physically move to that part of the disk.

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