Question

Difference between primary memory and secondry memory

Answer 1

Computer Memory

Computer Memory is storage media mainly of two types, Primary memory, and Secondary memory.

• Primary Memory is also named as volatile memory because it can’t keep the details permanently. Primary memory is used for keeping the data in memory but that cannot be stored permanently in the location. The "Random Access Memory (RAM)" is of primary memory.
• Secondary memory is a permanent and non-volatile that is useful for storing data. The "Read-Only Memory (ROM)" is a non-volatile memory.