Internal storage areas in the computer. The term memory identifies data storage that comes in the form of chips, and the word storage is used for memory that exists on tapes or disks. Moreover, the term memory is usually used as a shorthand for physical memory, which refers to the actual chips capable of holding data. Some computers also use virtual memory, which expands physical memory onto a hard disk.
Every computer comes with a certain amount of physical memory, usually referred to as main memory or RAM. You can think of main memory as an array of boxes, each of which can hold a single byte of information. A computer that has 1 megabyte of memory, therefore, can hold about 1 million bytes (or characters) of information.
Listed here are some of the terminology used in conjunction to memory, and it's properties.
Access Time The average time interval between a storage peripheral (usually a disk drive or semiconductor memory) receiving a request to read or write a certain location and returning the value read or completing the write
Advanced Graphics Port The advanced graphics port (AGP) bus allows the graphics controller to directly access texture map data from the main memory rather than having to move it to the graphic controllers local memory first This helps the system increase the speed of processing graphics and allows for a use of a larger portion of memory by borrowing storage for texture maps from main memory
AGP See Advanced Graphics Port
AIMM AGP inline memory module (See Advanced Graphics Port)
Array The area of the RAM that stores the bits The array consists of rows and columns, with a cell at each intersection that can store a bit
Asynchronous Memory Memory that is not synchronized with the system clock EDO and FPM are examples of asynchronous memory
Auto Precharge A synchronous DRAM feature that allows the memory chips circuitry to close a page automatically at the end of a burst
