RAM is the short term memory of your computer. When someone asks, what is computer RAM, they generally get the answer that it stands for Random …
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To know what RAM you need to buy, we first must ask, do you have a laptop or desktop?Laptop RAM is generally known as SO-DIMMDesktop RAM is generally …
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When someone says "SDRAM" they might mean one of two things. It could be be referring to SDR SDRAM (also known as legacy SDRAM) or DDR SDRAM. …
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In this article when we talk about SDRAM, we are talking about DDR SDRAM, or first generation DDR ram. We have another article that covers how …
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FAQs
WHAT IS RAM?
RAM stands for Random Access Memory. It's used for short term purposes, to 'hold information' in a way that is fast, but not long term. Sometimes a good way to understand something is to oppose it. RAM memory is different than 'hard drive memory' in that our hard drive is like our long term memories. They can be hard to draw up and hard to remember. To read more, see our What is RAM page.
WHAT IS SD RAM
When someone says “SDRAM” they might mean one of two things. It could be be referring to SDR SDRAM (also known as legacy SDRAM) or DDR SDRAM - SDR SDRAM, like it's younger cousin DDR SDRAM and even the most modern version DDR5, are a type of computer memory know as DRAM. To read more, see our DDR SD RAM vs Legacy SD RAM page.
WHAT IS DDR?
DDR SDRAM came out for the first time in 1997 and was produced by Samsung Corporation. One of the big changes though when DDR came out with the specification of DIMM and SODIMM chip types, for desktops and laptops respectively. To read more see our the types of DDR RAM.
