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    RAM, or Random Access Memory, is a type of temporary memory that is erased when a system is shut down. The earliest RAM was created in 1951. The most common types of RAM today are SRAM, DRAM, Flash, and ROM. RAM is often used as modules in computers and other devices. When more memory is needed than the installed RAM can provide, the computer will swap data between RAM and the hard drive, though excessive swapping can decrease performance. Encrypted data stored in RAM can potentially leak if power is cut due to slow fading of memory contents. Researchers are working to develop non-volatile RAM that retains memory when power is off.

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    RAM, or Random Access Memory, is a type of temporary memory that is erased when a system is shut down. The earliest RAM was created in 1951. The most common types of RAM today are SRAM, DRAM, Flash, and ROM. RAM is often used as modules in computers and other devices. When more memory is needed than the installed RAM can provide, the computer will swap data between RAM and the hard drive, though excessive swapping can decrease performance. Encrypted data stored in RAM can potentially leak if power is cut due to slow fading of memory contents. Researchers are working to develop non-volatile RAM that retains memory when power is off.

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    RAM, or Random Access Memory, is a type of temporary memory that is erased when a system is shut down. The earliest RAM was created in 1951. The most common types of RAM today are SRAM, DRAM, Flash, and ROM. RAM is often used as modules in computers and other devices. When more memory is needed than the installed RAM can provide, the computer will swap data between RAM and the hard drive, though excessive swapping can decrease performance. Encrypted data stored in RAM can potentially leak if power is cut due to slow fading of memory contents. Researchers are working to develop non-volatile RAM that retains memory when power is off.

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    RAM, or Random Access Memory, is a type of temporary memory that is erased when a system is shut down. The earliest RAM was created in 1951. The most common types of RAM today are SRAM, DRAM, Flash, and ROM. RAM is often used as modules in computers and other devices. When more memory is needed than the installed RAM can provide, the computer will swap data between RAM and the hard drive, though excessive swapping can decrease performance. Encrypted data stored in RAM can potentially leak if power is cut due to slow fading of memory contents. Researchers are working to develop non-volatile RAM that retains memory when power is off.

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    RAM

    RAM is an abbreviation for Random Access Memory. It usually refers to "temporary" memory,
    which is when the system is shut down, the memory is lost. This is why the memory is referred
    to as being "random", as any piece of information can be circulated through the memory
    regardless of its location and its relation to any other information within the RAM. The first of
    the many RAMs to come in the market was created in 1951 and was used until the late 1960s and
    early 1970s.

    Types of RAMs
    The most widely used RAMs today are SRAMs (static RAMs), which stores data in a state of a
    flip-flop, or DRAMs (dynamic RAMs), Flash, and EPROM, which stores data as a charge in a
    capacitor. Another well known type of RAM, a ROM, is a type of a RAM that has permanently
    enabled/disabled selected transistors by using a metal mask. ROMs thus cannot store any further
    charges.

    Flash memory is also widely used. Because SRAMs and DRAMs are known to be highly
    volatile, many new products adopt the flash memory technology. Some examples of devices
    using flash memory include portable music players, scientific calculators, mobile phones, and
    even certain types of personal computers such as the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) devices.
    Flash memory is divided into two types: the NOR type and the NAND type. The NOR type is the
    one able to conduct a random access, therefore being widely used as a ROM in today's market.
    NAND memory does not support random access, but is still quite useful in applications like flash
    USB drives.

    In today's computers, RAMs are shipped in a form of


    module known as DRAM modules or memory modules. It
    is about the size of a chewing gum and with the Plug n
    Play technology, these can easily be replaced by taking it
    out of the port and replacing it with a new one. Not to
    forget, there is also an extremely small amount of RAM
    (known as SRAMs) within CPUs, motherboards, hard
    drives, and other parts of the system.

    RAM Swapping
    Sometimes people will need more memory than what the RAM installed can offer during
    intensive application cycles. During these sessions, the computer will conduct a task known as
    swapping. This is when the computer temporarily uses the hard drive space in place of the
    memory. Thrashing is the term for constantly swapping, but as the name's connotation suggest,
    constant thrashing can decrease the overall system performance. More RAM being added can
    reduce the swapping rate.
    Security Concerns
    SDRAMs are known to not fully shut off when the power is cut. Instead, the stored memory is
    faded away. While this fading away only takes seconds in a normal room temperature, which is
    not the case in lower temperatures, which then the fading away can take up to minutes.
    Therefore, encrypted information could potentially be leaked as it is still stored in the memory.

    Recent Developments
    Currently non-volatile RAMs are under development, which will mean that memory can still be
    stored when the power is shut off. The more advanced step yet to have been taken was in 2004
    when Nantero developed a fully functioning carbon nanotube memory type holding 10 GB.
    Recently in 2006, "Solid State Drives" with sizes of 150 GB and a faster speed than the normal
    hard drives have been created

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