RAM is primary storage that is directly connected to the CPU and holds the data and instructions that are currently in use
RAM is volatile which means the contents of RAM are lost when the power is turned off
For the CPU to access the data and instructions they must be copied from secondary storage
RAM is very fast working memory, much faster than secondary storage
RAM is read/write which means data can be read from and written to
In comparison to ROM, it has a much larger capacity
RAM is given the term ‘random access’ because data can be stored and accessed from any location within the memory.
RAM is used to hold data and instructions that are currently in use. In a modern PC, RAM is used to hold the operating system and any open documents and programs that are running.
