random access memory

See also: random-access memory

English

Noun

random access memory (uncountable) (abbreviation RAM)

1. (electronics) Computer memory that dynamically stores program and data values during operation and in which each byte of memory may be directly accessed.
2. (computing) The main, usually volatile, memory of a computer or smartphone available for program execution or data storage.

Related terms

• read-only memory, ROM
• flash memory
• NVRAM
• SRAM, static random access memory
• DRAM, dynamic random access memory

Translations

computer memory that dynamically stores program and data values during operation and in which each byte of memory may be directly accessed

• Azerbaijani: operativ yaddaş qurğusu
• Czech: paměť s náhodným přístupem
• Finnish: hajasaantimuisti
• Galician: memoria RAM f, memoria de acceso aleatorio f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: skyndiminni (is) n
• Portuguese: memória de acesso aleatório f, memória RAM f
• Spanish: memoria RAM f, memoria de acceso aleatorio f

the main memory of a computer available for program execution or data storage

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 隨機存取記憶體／随机存取记忆体, 随机存取记忆体 (ceoi⁴ gei¹ cyun⁴ ceoi² gei³ jik¹ tai²)

  Mandarin: 隨機存取存儲器／随机存取存储器 (zh), 随机存取存储器 (zh) (suíjī cúnqǔ cúnchǔqì, suíjī cúnqǔ cúnchúqì) (mainland China), 隨機存儲器／随机存储器, 随机存储器 (suíjī cúnchǔqì, suíjī cúnchúqì) (mainland China), 隨機存取記憶體／随机存取记忆体 (zh), 随机存取记忆体 (zh) (suíjī cúnqǔ jìyìtǐ) (Taiwan), 暫存記憶體／暂存记忆体, 暂存记忆体 (zàncún jìyìtǐ, zhàncún jìyìtǐ) (Taiwan)

• Finnish: keskusmuisti (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: mémoire vive (fr) f, mémoire RAM f, mémoire à accès aléatoire f, mémoire à accès sélectif f, mémoire à accès direct f
• Galician: memoria RAM f, memoria de acceso aleatorio f
• Greek: μνήμη τυχαίας προσπέλασης f (mními tychaías prospélasis)
• Spanish: memoria RAM f, memoria de acceso aleatorio f
• Vietnamese: bộ nhớ truy cập ngẫu nhiên

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• German: ^{(please verify)} Arbeitsspeicher (de) m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} cuimhne randamrochtana f
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• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} cof hapgyrch m