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Types of Memory

RAM
CPU

Primary Storage
Cache

CD-RW

USB thumb drive

Tape drive
Off-line storage

Hard Drive

Secondary storage

Types of Computer Storage

Let us read about these two memories in detail.

Primary Memory

Whenever you turn on the computer, it makes use of the primary memory to load the

operating system, user interface and all other software utilities. In this sense, primary
memory is accessed directly by the processor to load running applications that exist in
specific temporary memory slots. Furthermore, all tasks that are application specific,
are performed due to the interaction of the primary memory with the system’s

processor.

Types of Primary Memory

8 RAM (Random Access Memory) 8 ROM (Read Only Memory)

RAM

The primary storage is referred to as Random Access Memory (RAM) due to the
random selection of memory locations. It performs both read and write operations on
memory. If power failures happened in systems during memory access then you will

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