RAM drive
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ram-drive-181-4582813
title:
RAM drive
text:
A RAM drive is a block of random-access memory that a computer's software is treating as if the memory were a disk drive. RAM drives provide high-performance temporary storage for demanding tasks and protect non-volatile storage devices from wearing down, since RAM is not prone to wear from writing, unlike non-volatile flash memory. They are in a sense the reverse of virtual memory: RAM drive uses a volatile fast memory as if it's a nonvolatile slow memory. Virtual memory is the opposite. It is
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
RAM used to emulate secondary storage
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_drive
date created:
2002-06-07T12:56:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T16:50:48Z
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