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Pratibha Yadav
Instructor IT Lab
Govt ITI Badalpur
• Computer is an electronic device used to store and retrieve data
to perform a particular task.
• Here the term retrieve means to get it again
Computer Memory is an internal storage area in the computer,
in which data and Programs are stored either temporarily or
permanently .
• Also known as Main Memory • Also known as Auxiliary
or internal memory. Memory or external memory
• It holds instructions and data, • It holds data and programs,
When a program is executed. that are not currently in use
• Volatile In Nature and provides long term
• It Is Expensive And Limited storage .
Storage Capacity • Non-Volatile In Nature
• Non-Portable • It Is Cheap And Stores
• Data Access Is High Voluminous Data
• Highly Portable
• Data Access is low When
Compared To Primary Memory
Primary Memory Is The Only Type Of Memory, That Is
Directly Accessed by The CPU.

Memory usually refers to Random Access Memory (RAM),typically


DRAM.
Types Of Primary Memory Are:
1)Random Access Memory (RAM)
2)Read Only Memory (ROM)
•Random Access Memory is a volatile •Read only memory refers computer
storage area within the computer that is memory chips containing permanent or
typically used to store data temporarily. semi-permanent data which is non-
So that it can be promptly accessed by volatile .
the processor. •Most computers contain a small amount
•The information stored in the RAM is of ROM that contains critical programs
basically loaded from the computers hard such as the basic input and output
disk, and includes data related to the system(BIOS), which is used to boot up
operating system and applications that the computer when it is turned on.
are currently being executed by the •ROM s are read only .To update the
processor. programs stored in them, the ROM chip
•RAM is considered random access had to removed and physically replaced
because any memory cell can be directly by another that had new version of the
accessed if its address is known. program. But in today ROM chips
updating are possible.
Holds data without an external
refresh as long as it Is powered.
Made up of D Flip-Flops, In which
memory cells Flip-Flop Between 0 & 1
without use of capacitors .
Occupies more space and expensive.
SRAM is faster and more reliable.
SRAM chips are used in cars, house
hold appliances and hand held
electronic devices.

Common type of memory used in PC,


workstations, servers.
Must be refreshed in a second to hold it’s
data contents.
It’s chip contain millions of memory cells.
Each cell is made up of transistors and
capacitors and contains 1 bit of information.
It is cheap and can hold 4 Times more data
than SRAM.
Rewritable ROM chips include PROM, EPROM,EEPROM

It is Also Called One Time Programmable PROM


And Can Be Written Or Programmed using A
Special Device Called A Prom Programmer.

It Is A Type Of Ram That Can Be erased And


Reprogrammed.

It Is Based on A Semi-Conductor Structure Similar


To The EPROM But Allows The Entire Or
Selected Contents To Be electrically Erased And
Re-Written Electrically , So That They Need Not
Be Removed From The Computer. The process of
Writing an EEPROM is also known as
FLASHING.

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