What are the similarities & differences between RAM, ROM & hard drives
Answers
Answered by
14
The difference in them are that RAM is primary memory and ROM and Hard drive is secondary memory. RAM is also called temporary memory because data it stores data for less time or temporarily while ROM and Hard drive stores permanently although we can delete the data from ROM
Answered by
14
Similarities and differences between RAM, ROM and hard drives:
- The similarity between RAM, ROM and hard drives is that they're kinds of memory in a computer system.
- Random Access Memory(RAM) and Read Only Memory(ROM) form the Primary memory of a computer whereas the hard disc is a Secondary memory.
- RAM is the temporary memory which is also volatile in nature i.e. contents of RAM are lost if the system is switched off. Since, the contents of RAM can be easily accessed, it is very fast in retrieval.
- Though ROM is also a kind of Primary memory, it is required for initiating the boot process and is permanent in nature.
- On the other hand hard disc is a secondary storage device which can store large volumes of data and storage is of permanent type till deleted explicitly.
To know more about Primary and Secondary memory, visit:
https://brainly.in/question/4681207
Similar questions