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RAM

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RAM is an acronym for "Random Access Memory."

RAM is “[c]omputer storage device in which words may be 'written' (stored) or 'read' (recovered) in any order at random. Conventional internal memory.”[1] RAM "consists of integrated circuits that hold temporary instructions and data for the central processing unit (CPU), the central “brain” of a computer system." "[2] "Most types of RAM are volatile, which means they lose all data when the power is turned off or the system shuts down."[3]

[edit] References

  1. U.S. Copyright Office, Compendium of Copyright Office Practices II, §326 (1984).
  2. In the Matter of Rambus, Inc., 2006-2 Trade Cases ¶75364 (Aug. 2, 2006).
  3. Id. at n.3.