is ram just faster memory than drive space. dunno please explain
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2007-03-15 23:47:02 · 9 answers · asked by ♪N♀.♫ReF∟eCt↨♀n§!▲!!☼™ 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
RAM and hard drives are both forms of memory except RAM is smaller than a H.D. RAM stands for random access memory and is used in heavy computer games. H.D is for storing files and such. Also, the bigger the physical size of the H.D. or the RAM affects how much memory space there is. That's all I can tell you for now. By the way, I'm a computer nerd. I know alot about mods, files, programs and such.
2007-03-16 00:12:12 · answer #1 · answered by Fish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAM (random access memory) is temporary. It is gone when you turn off your machine. It holds things like your mouse driver, frequent commands that you use, etc. Hard drive space is permanent, it will always be there. Programs and/or files are written to the hard drive and stay until you remove then (even when we remove them, they are really still there).
That's the quick simple definition.
2007-03-15 23:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by kiki 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think of ram as short term memory and your hard drive as long term memory. When you need information you access it from the hard drive and bring it to the ram.. there you can utilize it.( as in a game program , etc.. ) Then when your done with it you can reuse that memory for the next task.
2007-03-15 23:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by bob b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAM is Random Access Memory. It is temporary, meaning as soon as you turn the computer off it goes away. Hard drive space is like ROM(read only memory), it is permanent(unless you delete it).
2007-03-16 01:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by Sain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAM is temporary memory that is erased when your computer shuts down. This memory helps run multiple programs at the same time.
Hard Drive is your files that you save and decide when to delete.
2007-03-16 02:28:31 · answer #5 · answered by Santa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ram = random access memory. Memory is just a general name.
Hard drive is a storage and is slower than ram because it needs to spin in order to access data on it.
2007-03-15 23:55:01 · answer #6 · answered by Henry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard Drive space is basically just that - Space for storing files, think of it as a big garage. It's just physical storage space for all the programs, documents etc....
2007-03-15 23:59:09 · answer #7 · answered by clone17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ram stands for random access memory . basically it holds the data temperoraly whereas the hard disk stores the data permanently.
2007-03-16 00:04:52 · answer #8 · answered by pradip 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hard drive is where you store your data, RAM makes it play or get retrieved quickly.
2007-03-15 23:59:18 · answer #9 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋