Computer memory - why it is important

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Many of you probably have asked you this many times. For those of you who seek to buy or have already acquired a team may still ask you what this piece of hardware on your computer. Purchase of the computer memory is not as simple as going to the store and asking a sales representative. Each computer can only support a certain type of memory.

Enter any computer store and well look at the little cute sticker placed on the case or simply ask the sales representative and it will almost always let you know exactly how much memory or RAM, the team has. Please what means and depending on where you are buying may or may not get a response. The purpose of this article is to help you get a better understanding on what they seek when it comes of the computer's memory.

A more common name for the computer's memory is RAM. RAM means random access memory. For those of you who are not yet accustomed to computer jargon may complexly lost.

To help you gain a better understanding about the purpose of RAM we will go about how nothing is done on the computer out of memory RAM. Each time that you start an application on your computer that goes through many steps to ensure the implementation is waiting for. It usually begins with an input device, such as a keyboard or a mouse. We are going to pick up at a well known application that most of you probably know Notepad. Start taking a suspension of the mouse and clicking on the start menu. Doing so would be pop turn a menu. In that menu would search for, and click Notepad. Once you click on the Notepad icon, the information is sent electronically through the cable from the mouse down to your USB port or PS/2 on the motherboard. When the information is obtained then it travels to your processor. The processor then decides where to send this information. Most of the time, the information is required to be sent to your hard drive, because the hard drive is where most of your information is stored. Once the information is obtained on the hard drive, then, look for the Notepad. All files required to run Notepad are sent to your processor. The processor sends the files where need go to run Notepad.

Now that it seems a long journey to extract an application as simple as Notepad, is it not true? This is what makes it so wonderful to RAM. Those files that are required to run the Notepad can be stored in RAM memory. Clicking on the icon of Notepad in the start your RAM menu really will send the necessary files required to run Notepad instead of explained the long journey. This relieves a lot of stress on the computer. Rather than worry about where the files that are needed are and looking for them, RAM increase, and know the team, "Hey, have these files here!" "You can start Notepad now!"

If they have never seen a stick of RAM may have observed that it seems pretty little black squares connected to the greenish color circuit board. These small black squares are where the information is stored.

RAM does this to start and run all applications on the computer. The most important thing to remember when looking at memory is that each application you need to run requires a certain amount of RAM to make it work properly. The more I have better outside it will be and the more quickly will run the team. You have to be cautious, but you have too much RAM can cause problems. The problems arise primarily through a combination of hardware and software restrictions. If you have a fairly recent safe team could emerge with the implementation of 2 GB of the computer memory devices. The you probably use, Windows XP operating system, will only support up to 4GBs. This isn't much when you compare the size of hard disk space. But the team does not need much RAM because the information stored in it is not permanent. It would be almost impossible to run many applications and work on them 'fill' your RAM with application information. But grows technology applications require more RAM to operate. So eventually it will increase the amount of RAM that can be used safely. Windows XP 64-bit version now supports up to 16GBs of RAM and while it has not gone retail still, Windows Vista will also support up to 16GBs. This will allow developers to create a wider range of applications running on your computer.

The underlying factor in the benefits of obtaining RAM is two-fold. Relive stress in your CPU and you can make to your computer much faster. Now if you upgrade from 512 MB to 1 GB may not see much difference. Move from 512 MB to 2 GB, undoubtedly it will show some improvements of massive speed with the team. Always make sure to consult with your the motherboard documentation before RAM for your computer. Each motherboard will only support a certain type of RAM memory. Do not make the mistake of buying RAM than even cannot be used.




Michael Russell

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