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{{wikipediainfo}}'''Random Access Memory''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cyberon (novelisation)|chaptnum=3}}) or '''RAM''', was a [[computer]]'s working [[memory]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blue Box (novel)|chapt=10 Four}}) While playing in a [[quiz machine]] in [[pub (Cyberon)|a pub]], [[Lauren Anderson|Lauren]] argued that the acronym stood for "readable memory" instead. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cyberon (novelisation)|chaptnum=3}}) | {{wikipediainfo}}'''Random Access Memory''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cyberon (novelisation)|chaptnum=3}}) or '''RAM''', was a [[computer]]'s working [[memory]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blue Box (novel)|chapt=10 Four}}) While playing in a [[quiz machine]] in [[pub (Cyberon)|a pub]], [[Lauren Anderson|Lauren]] argued that the acronym stood for "readable memory" instead. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cyberon (novelisation)|chaptnum=3}}) | ||
Latest revision as of 17:59, 25 July 2024
Random Access Memory, (PROSE: Cyberon [+]Loading...{"chaptnum":"3","1":"Cyberon (novelisation)"}) or RAM, was a computer's working memory. (PROSE: Blue Box [+]Loading...{"chapt":"10 Four","1":"Blue Box (novel)"}) While playing in a quiz machine in a pub, Lauren argued that the acronym stood for "readable memory" instead. (PROSE: Cyberon [+]Loading...{"chaptnum":"3","1":"Cyberon (novelisation)"})
Background processes took up RAM. Sarah Swan allegedly created a program that filled all of a computer's RAM with background processes, which could render the machine temporarily useless. (PROSE: Blue Box [+]Loading...{"chapt":"10 Four","1":"Blue Box (novel)"})
The Apple II Plus had only 64K total address space, including 12K of ROM, but accessing certain locations in its memory swapped in extra memory banks and allowed the processor to access 128 kilobytes of RAM in total. (PROSE: Blue Box [+]Loading...{"chapt":"30 One","1":"Blue Box (novel)"})
