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Primary storage, or internal memory, is computer memory that is accessible to the central processing unit of a computer without the use of computer's input/output channels. Primary storage is used to store data that is likely to be in active use and is stored in locations selected by virtual address into a physical address. Primary storage is typically very fast, as in the case of RAM. RAM is also volatile, losing the stored information in an event of power loss, and quite expensive. ROM is not... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by amby May 3, 2008
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