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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Computer Memory' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Computer Memory 1. Computer Memory - Bios Update Considerations - By: Michael Russell Updating your BIOS, though not complicated to any degree, is definitely one of the most risky things that can be undertaken by a computer user. Like with everything else that involves risk, by taking certain precautions ones chance of making a successful update is greatly improved and almost g... 2. Computer Memory – Factors Affecting Memory Type - By: Michael Russell In today's world, it is virtually impossible for individuals not to find the computer of their choice from the wide range of vendors who are ready and willing to flex their corporate and technical expertise in order to capture a wide section of the market. Therefore, it makes you wonder why an... Featured ArticleComputer Memory - What Is Ram? Imagine a human brain without a memory component. You have all this data stored inside your head but you don't even know how to remember it or if it's even there. How frustrating would that be? Computer memory or Random Access Memory (RAM) provides the facility for a PC to temporarily store programs, files and various content that is located on the hard disk. It is responsible for the data that are displayed on your screens. Everything inside your hard disk ca ...
Read full story 3. Explaining Ram Vs. Rom For Beginners - By: Michael Russell How to Explain RAM vs. ROM to beginners A lot of people use the term “memory” when discussing the hard drive. It’s a common error. RAM (random access memory) is where programs that are being used currently by the processor to run the program are held. This clears when you los... 4. Computer Memory - What Is Ram? - By: Michael Russell Imagine a human brain without a memory component. You have all this data stored inside your head but you don't even know how to remember it or if it's even there. How frustrating would that be? Computer memory or Random Access Memory (RAM) provides the facility for a PC to te... 5. Ram - Its Influence On Your Performance - By: Michael Russell Time and a time again it has been proven that by simply adding more RAM to a computer will increase the overall performance. The reason for this is simple. When there is not enough RAM for all the data the CPU needs, the computer has to use the hard drive as a temporary holding place for... 6. Overclocking Ram - By: Michael Russell Everyone at some point or another has felt that their computer is just too slow. Buying a new stick of RAM could potentially speed up your computer. However, there are other options if you do not want to spend the money on another stick of RAM. Your computer may not even be able to... 7. Programs And Applications - How They Effect Ram - By: Michael Russell The amount of memory you have in your computer can greatly affect its performance. One of the sole purposes of RAM is to prevent the CPU from having to get the needed information from the hard drive. The main reason you do not want that to happen is the amount of time it takes. If ... 8. The Future Of Computer Memory - By: Michael Russell DDR has been the standard type of memory for the past few years. Every new computer built today will either have DDR or DDR2 RAM, but what does this mean for the end-user? Are there any benefits in switching to DDR2? What exactly does DDR2 have to offer that DDR doesn't? Hope... 9. Computer Memory - Why It's Important - By: Michael Russell Many of you have probably asked yourselves this many times. For those of you who are looking to buy or have already purchased a computer may still be asking yourselves what this piece of hardware does for your computer. Buying computer memory is not as simple as going to the store and as... 10. Different Types Of Computer Memory - By: Michael Russell Computer memory refers to either of two types of computer storage. Volatile memory refers to RAM that needs to be constantly refreshed to be retained. Static memory is permanent storage that is retained even after the computer is turned off. RAM or Random Access Memory is volatile memory that is e... 11. Choosing A Hard Drive Is Easier Than You Thought - By: Michael Russell When speaking of computer memory, one can cover a large range of topics. These topics can be anything from choosing the correct RAM to deciding on what type of hard drive is best for your computer. There are several different types of hard drives available and their capacity has quite a wide range. ... 12. Computer Memory Explained – How It Works Inside - By: Michael Russell Computer memory does not refer only to one single part of a computer. There are multiple parts of a computer that use different forms of memory. These different types of memory are built for different purposes and their operation has more than one means to the same end. That end result if delivering... 13. Computer Memory - The More The Merrier! - By: Michael Russell Constantly I am asked by friends and family, why is my computer running so slow? They tell me that they bought a state of the art computer and when they first used it that everything was fantastic. Then a couple of months later like clockwork, they always come back and say, something is ... 14. Knowing Your Computer: Types Of Memory - By: Michael Russell All computers require memory to operate. The main computer memory is Random Access Memory, or RAM for short. It is called this because the data contained in it can be accessed in any, or random, order. It is produced on small circuit boards in the form of sticks, which are often referred to as stick... 15. Random Access Memory - Computer Energy! - By: Michael Russell I have spent years operating computers. Going back to the mid seventies I was involved with then the simplest form of computers in which data entry was the skill of the day! It was nothing but a card filled with tiny rectangles that represented machine language numbers. The industr... 16. Install Memory In A Computer To Boost Performance - By: Michael Russell The memory in a computer is one of the most essential components. It is also one of the easiest and cheapest to upgrade. Anyone with a computer should consider upgrading the memory of their system. If under 512MB (megabytes) is all that is present, consider going to at least 512MB ... 17. Computers - Knowing Your Memory - By: Michael Russell Your computer's memory temporarily holds data while the CPU processes them. There are two kinds of memory: RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory). The difference between the two is that ROM retains its data when the computer is shut down while RAM would lose all of its dat... 18. Computer Memory Options - By: Michael Russell When you first purchase a computer, it may possess limited memory. Nevertheless, if you so choose, you can upgrade your computer memory later on down the road. The reasons for upgrading your computer memory may vary, but with the purchase of additional hardware, you can easily upgrade your computer ... 19. Computer Memory - What To Buy? - By: Michael Russell Remember when PCs first came out and you had 4K of RAM? Then the Atari 1600 came out with 16K of RAM. The price tag on that thing was astronomical. We have come a long way from those early days. Today your standard PC has 32 bit processors and a minimum of 128 meg of RAM and even that amo... 20. Computer Memory And The Future - By: Michael Russell Remember when PCs first came out and you had 4K of RAM? Then the Atari 1600 came out with 16K of RAM. The price tag on that thing was astronomical. We have come a long way from those early days. Today your standard PC has 32 bit processors and a minimum of 128 meg of RAM. And even that amount will... 21. Computer Memory - Flash Memory - By: Michael Russell Flash memory is a form of EEPROM memory, which is Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. It allows more than one location to be written to and erased in just one operation. Flash memory is what is called non-volatile. That means it does not need power to retain the information that is ... 22. Computer Memory - Does Ram Latency Matter? - By: Michael Russell In this article, which is going to get quite technical for you non techies, we're going to debate the issue of whether or not RAM latency matters when choosing memory for your computer. My apologies in advance if some of this stuff seems like it's out in the stars. When people consider syst... 23. Computer Memory Problems - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to concentrate on why and how memory goes bad and what causes memory problems. If you've ever worked on a PC and all of a sudden in the middle of blasting the heck out of some space invader your PC goes black and then suddenly reboots look no further than some ki... 24. Computer Memory - How Much Is Enough? - By: Michael Russell How much memory should you have in your personal computer? How much is enough? How much is too much? How much is too little? These are not easy questions to answer. The truth is, memory requirements to run basic programs over the last 20 years have gone up exponentially. Back in th... 25. Computer Memoery - The Different Types - By: Michael Russell In this article we're going to review the different types of computer memory as they do not all function the same way. The most common and most often used computer memory is your RAM which stands for Random Access Memory. Random Access Memory is considered random access because you can acce... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |
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