random access memory

Questions about random access memory

What does random access memory mean?

random access memory means "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".

What is another word for random access memory?

Close synonyms include random-access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is random access memory a common word?

random access memory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.