Volatile Memory

Volatile Memory

Volatile Memory is defined as a type of storage in which the contents remain saved and unerased until the device has a power supply or until the device is not shut down. If the power supply to the device is turned off or interrupted the data is lost. The best example of volatile memory is RAM(Random Memory Access). Such volatile memory is used in laptops, computers, printers, routers, mobile phones, and various medical devices. The volatile memory of a computer device is referred to as primary memory or storage. Computers RAM makes use of volatile memory because it provides read and write operations from and to memory very fast. For example, while working with any document on the computer system, initially the document is stored in RAM. Once the task is finished and the user turns off the computer system, the Random Access Memory loses the document automatically. If want to save the document for further use we need to save our documents in non-volatile memory such as optical disk, or hard disk....

Types of Volatile Memory

Volatile memory requires continuous electronic power to store the data else the data gets erased. There are two different types of volatile memory. They are given below...

Advantages of Volatile Memory

Increased speed : The main advantage that volatile memory is that it performs all its operations fastly. It performs all the read and write operation very fastly on system....

FAQs on Volatile Memory

1. How the volatile memory is stored?...