What is RAM?

Question

In simple terms please. Thx!

Answer 1

Random access memory.

Every program you run on your computer, everything from your internet browser to your anti-virus program takes RAM to run. Each takes a different amount.

Press ctrl+alt+del on a PC then view the little numbers on the bottom right hand corner it would be something like # / # the back number is how much RAM your computer actually has the front number is how much is currently being used. If you click Process tab it'll tell you how much Memory each program that's running is using. Everytime you close a program you get that RAM back.

Answer 2

Saying it's Random Access Memory only answers the question, "What does RAM stand for?"

Thing of RAM as handsthat do work in a factory. The more hands in the factory you have, the more you can do at once. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the time clock the factory uses, the hard drive is the resource the workers and the images sounds and processes are the products of the factory. A factory without workers would be a computer without RAM.

Answer 3

RAM is short term storage, used by programs to operate. It comes in the form of plug-in cards of 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and can be doubled up to provide twice the speed (DDR). This memory is not stored at switch off unlike Hard Disk Memory which is written to a magnetic disk and is available permanently.
The more RAM, the quicker programs can work as they have more 'space' to operate in...
:-)

Answer 4

When a computer processes something, the information processed is stored in the RAM or Random Access Memory. The RAM clears when you quit a program or when the computer is finished processing. More RAM can speed up a computer.

Answer 5

imagine an office

the desk will be the RAM

the file cabinet will be the HARD DRIVE

you are the CPU. sitting at the desk..lol

the bigger of a desk you have means you can have multiple things on the desk, and work on them all at the same time..

if you have a smaller desk, youll have to leave some of those things in the file cabinet, and every time you need something from the file cabinet, you have to get up and go over there and find it , then bring it out and switch it out for something on the desk...

small desk = small ram + lots of work = it slows you down...

the bigger the desk = more efficient you are at working

a desk thats too big, is better than one thats too small

Answer 6

Random Access Memory.

Answer 7

The easiest way I can explain RAM is to think of your computer as a car, and you as the processor.

When you need to get to something quickly, like a snack or insurance/registration information, you keep it in your center console or glove compartment.

Things you don't need quickly, like the jack and spare tire, you keep in the trunk.

The stuff in the trunk takes longer to get to, the same with data on the hard drive. It is slower and takes longer to get to.

This is how a computer works. Data that the processor needs quickly, it keeps in the center console(RAM). That way the processor does not need to get out of the car, open the trunk (the hard drive) and dig it out, it only has to reach in the center console.

Answer 8

Its a Random Access Memory. Its a chip inside your computer

Answer 9

It also is an animal.
Like the Dodge Ram logo.

Answer 10

It's a stick of RAM that you can buy at computer stores that increases your computer's speed