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'''Random Access Memory''' (more commonly, '''RAM''') is a term most often used to describe the main system [[memory]] of a personal [[computer]].  There have been many types of memory devices called "RAM", most of which share the common features of having [[read/write]] access to any non-sequential memory location (thus "random" access), and relatively fast data access times.
More commonly '''RAM''', is a term most often used to describe the main system [[memory]] of a personal [[computer]]; there have been many types of memory devices called "RAM"; generally these devices share the common features of having [[read/write]] access to any non-sequential memory location (thus "random" access), and relatively fast data access times.

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A definition or brief description of Random Access Memory.

More commonly RAM, is a term most often used to describe the main system memory of a personal computer; there have been many types of memory devices called "RAM"; generally these devices share the common features of having read/write access to any non-sequential memory location (thus "random" access), and relatively fast data access times.