ram disk

1. 1.

   (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors

   “access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off”

   Broaderdrive

   Part ofrandom-access memory

   computer science

Questions about ram disk

What does ram disk mean?

ram disk means "(computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors".

Is ram disk a common word?

ram disk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.