read/write memory

Questions about read/write memory

What is another word for read/write memory?

It depends which read/write memory you mean. In the sense “the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible”, the synonyms are random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of read/write memory?

WordNet records no antonym for read/write memory. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for read/write memory come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of read/write memory

• Full entry for read/write memoryAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for read/write memoryWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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