random-access memory

noun

: ram

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Without random-access memory, a computer today can’t even boot up. IEEE Spectrum, 21 July 2022 Micron Technology is a semiconductor manufacturer with a particular focus on NAND and DRAM chips (long-term data storage and dynamic random-access memory, respectively). Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes, 7 June 2021 The bug stems from the failure of the input-output memory management unit—which provides protection preventing the malicious modification of static random-access memory—to implement early enough in the firmware boot process. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2020

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First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of random-access memory was in 1953

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random-access memory

noun
: RAM

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