Volatile
When talking about memory volatile means that when the power is turned off it will lose all information currently stored.
Virtual memory
Virtual memory is the allocation (or setting aside) of free hard drive space (secondary storage) to act like main memory…
ROM
Stands for Read Only Memory. Memory that can be read from but not written to in a computer.
RAM
Stands for Random Access Memory. A computers main memory that temporarily stores currently running programs.
Non Volatile
When talking about memory non volatile means that when the power is turned off the memory will keep all the…
Flash memory
Flash memory is non volatile memory that can be read and written to. Flash memory is used in USB pen…
BIOS
Stands for Basic Input Output System. The BIOS checks the computers hardware and then helps the computer to boot.
Program Counter
Holds the memory address of the next instruction to be processed.
MDR
Stands for Memory Data Register.
MAR
Stands for Memory Address Register. A special purpose register that holds the memory address for data or an instruction to…