Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually...
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Synchronous dynamic random-access memory (synchronous dynamic RAM or SDRAM) is any DRAM where the operation of its external pin interface is coordinated...
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Computer data storage Aperture (computer memory) Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) Memory latency Mass storage Memory cell (disambiguation) Memory management...
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which would internally retrieve and output the necessary data. This design choice made random-access of NAND flash memory impossible, but the goal of NAND flash...
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the PRNG. Various applications of randomness have led to the development of different methods for generating random data. Some of these have existed since...
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Reading (computer) (section Random-access memory)
software. Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage. A random-access device allows stored data to be accessed directly in any random order...
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Memory-mapped I/O (MMIO) and port-mapped I/O (PMIO) are two complementary methods of performing input/output (I/O) between the central processing unit...
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be "input streams" or "output streams". Unlike some earlier programming languages, C has no direct support for random-access data files; to read from a...
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SD card (redirect from Secure Digital Input Output)
amount of unused memory on the card. SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) is an extension of the SD specification that supports input/output (I/O) devices...
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Sorting algorithm (category Data processing)
designed for sequential access, the highest-performing algorithms assume data is stored in a data structure which allows random access. From the beginning...
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Computer hardware (section Input/output)
computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random-access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer...
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theorem to oblivious RAM: Let RAM(m) denote a RAM with m memory locations and access to a random oracle machine. Then t steps of an arbitrary RAM(m) program...
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DDR5 SDRAM (section Memory modules)
Double Data Rate 5 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR5 SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory. Compared to its predecessor...
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efficiently fetch and access data stored in slow bulk memory (auxiliary memory) such as hard drives or tape drives, or when memory is on a computer network...
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Hack computer (section Random-access memory (RAM))
random-access memory, called RAM, provides storage for an executing program’s data and provides services and storage areas for the computer’s memory-mapped...
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Shift register (redirect from Shift register memory)
the data can cycle within the shifters for extended periods, and in this configuration they were used as computer memory, displacing delay-line memory systems...
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MemTest86 (category Computer memory)
and Memtest86+ are memory test software programs designed to test and stress test an x86 architecture computer's random-access memory (RAM) for errors,...
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input gate i {\displaystyle i} , output gate o {\displaystyle o} , the forget gate f {\displaystyle f} or the memory cell c {\displaystyle c} , depending...
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resulting algorithm preserves the input-output behavior of the original algorithm but the distribution of the memory access patterns of the transformed algorithm...
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the market in the early 1970s and rapidly replaced all previous random-access memory systems. Twistor ended up being used only in a few applications,...
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Linked list (section Random-access lists)
removed in memory during list traversal. On the other hand, since simple linked lists by themselves do not allow random access to the data or any form...
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information. Memory refresh is a background maintenance process required during the operation of semiconductor dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), the...
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Atari BASIC (section Random access via DATA/RESTORE)
used as the parameter for the RESTORE statement, allowing DATA statements to be randomly accessed through code such as RESTORE ROOMBASE+ROOMNUMBER:READ DESCRIPTION$...
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RC4 (section Pseudo-random generation algorithm (PRGA))
providing access to a random number generator originally based on RC4. The API allows no seeding, as the function initializes itself using /dev/random. The...
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PC, the memory below 640 KB was for random-access memory on the motherboard or on expansion boards, and it was called the conventional memory area. The...
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Glossary of computer hardware terms (redirect from Local memory)
stored data even when not powered, as opposed to volatile memory. non-volatile random-access memory Random-access memory (RAM) that retains its data when...
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Iterator (category Abstract data types)
Counting loops are not suitable to all data structures, in particular to data structures with no or slow random access, like lists or trees. Iterators can...
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producing pseudorandom numbers which can pass formal tests for randomness, the quality of the output is extremely sensitive to the choice of the parameters m...
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Time-bounded random access machines, Journal of Computer Systems Science 7 (1973), 354–375. Calvin Elgot and Abraham Robinson (1964), Random-Access Stored-Program...
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of DRDRAM (Direct Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) and the memory controller, which interfaces to the internal data bus. Each channel is 16 bits wide...
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