is it both of them do the stuff at the same time? i mean speed
2006-09-20 16:02:25 · 3 answers · asked by TLPreferBlue29 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
RAM = R.A.M. = Random Access Memory, which is where your computer temporarily stores things that it is working on like your programs and data for them...
Processor is the part of your computer that actually performs the instructions in the program such as add, subtract, shift, multiply, divide, etc.. using the RAM to temporarily hold results as the program specifies...
Your processor may have some internal memory that is much faster than the external (still inside the computer but external to the processor chip itself) memory...
Sometimes the processor can be doing internal things while data is being read from or sent to memory... or to more permanent storage like a disk drive...
Without RAM you processor would not have any place to hold the numbers it is working with or to store the results...
Think of the processor as you... and the RAM as being your piece of paper while you work a math problem... you do the work but it is the piece of paper that ends up with the answer.
2006-09-20 16:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ram is the speed processor is the device that makes it go that fast
2006-09-24 18:48:31 · answer #2 · answered by ahmadeyes2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAM is random access memory which means how much things your computer can store at one time before "refreshing."
Processor is how fast your computer processes things.
2006-09-20 23:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by Robin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋