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Random Access Memory or RAM, in computer science, a semiconductor-based memory that can be read and written to by the microprocessor or other hardware devices. The storage locations can be accessed in any order. Note that the various types of ROM memory are capable of random access. The term RAM, however, is generally understood to refer to volatile memory, which can be written to as well as read. See also EPROM; PROM.
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