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Keywords: Ram, Lose, Memory, Retain, Lost
Memory whose contents are lost when the power is switched off.
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Memory which loses its data when power is removed. The RAM memory in a sampler is volatile, the data on the hard disk is non-volatile.
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A computer storage medium which is incapable of retaining information without continuous power dissipation.
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Memory that requires power to hold data, when power is removed, volatile memory loses its data.
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Memory that loses its contents when the power is turned off. A computer's main memory, made up of dynamic RAM or static RAM chips, loses its content immediately upon loss of power. Contrast ROM, which is non-volatile memory.
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Temporary computer memory that is purged or lost when the computer is turned off.
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Memory that does not retain data when power is interrupted to the computer. Return to .
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memory devices that lose the stored data when power is removed.
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See processing memory.
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A memory device (e.g., RAM ) that does not retain stored information when power is switched off.
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Computer memory that will be lost when the computer is turned off.
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a Type of memory that loses its contents when the power is turned off. Computer RAM is typically volatile memory
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Memory that may not retain data written to it for a subsequent read operation through a power-on condition. An example of this is a silicon memory device that loses data written to it if device power is lost.
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Digitized information stored in a computer or microprocessor that remains only as long as there is electrical power.
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A memory device that does not retain stored information when power is interrupted. See non-volatile memory.
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Memory such as traditional semiconductor memory which loses data when the electrical power is switched off.
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Refers to data storage that does not retain information if power to it is interupted for an elongated period of time.
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A storage medium that loses all data when power is removed.
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Memory that loses its contents when the computer's power is turned off; includes RAM and cache. 4.16, 7.3 Volume Business ASP, 3.36
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Memory requiring electrical power to keep information stored.
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(n.) Compare with nonvolatile memory.
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Volatile memory, poletic volatile storage, is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information, unlike non-volatile memory which does not require a maintained power supply.
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