Question

what is ram in the context of computer ?

Answer 1

RAM (random access memory) is the place in a computing device where the operating system(OS), application projects and information in current use are kept so they can be immediately come to by the device's processor. RAM is considerably quicker to peruse from and write to than different sorts of capacity in a PC, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD), solid-state drive (SSD) or optical drive. Information stays in RAM as long as the PC is running. At the point when the PC is turned off, RAM loses its information. At the point when the PC is turned on once again, the OS and different records are by and by loaded into RAM, as a rule from an HDD or SSD. 

RAM is sorted out and controlled in a way that empowers information to be put away and recovered straightforwardly to particular areas. Note that different types of storage-, for example, the hard disk and CD-ROM - are additionally gotten to straightforwardly or haphazardly, however, the term random access isn't connected to these types of storage.