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Storage devices that are used to store data for long periods of time are called __________.
secondary storage devices
Memory used to store computer programs and data when the device is currently in use is called __________.
primary memory
Primary memory is built into the main internal components of a digital device and is very close to the computer's __________.
processor
The two main types of primary memory are __________ and __________.
RAM and ROM
__________ is the memory used to store the programs and data currently in use.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
When you open a word-processing application and a saved file, the application and file are loaded from __________ into RAM.
secondary storage
The more RAM available to the computer's processor, the more data and program instructions it has fast access to, helping the __________ work quickly.
processor
Read-only Memory (ROM) is memory used to store the data and instructions needed to __________ a digital device.
start up
ROM often holds an important program called the __________.
boot-up program
The boot-up program locates the computer's __________ in secondary storage and loads it into RAM.
operating system
Another name for the boot-up program is the __________.
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
Users store data on a storage device so that they can __________ it at a later time.
access