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Memory Terminology

  • • Volatile – power off, data fades away
  • • ROM – non-volatile Read Only Memory
  • • PROM, EPROM, OTP, EEROM, Flash –
  • types of non-volatile programmable memory
  • • RAM – volatile Random Access Memory
  • • SRAM – Static RAM, fast but big cells
  • • DRAM – Dynamic RAM, slow but small cells
  • • EDO, SDRAM, DDR, RamBus – DRAM types
  • • Core – non-volatile magnetic RAM technology
  • • Registers, Cache – fast working memories