Cache Depot
THESE ARE THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF STORAGE DEVICES
MAGNETIC, OPTICAL, AND SOLID-STATE
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A HOUSE ARE LIKE THIS IN MEMORY
DATA VALUES
THIS TYPE OF MEMORY IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM
CPU CACHE
THESE PINS ON A MEMORY CHIP ALLOW THE CPU TO TELL IT WHAT TO DO WITH DATA
READ AND WRITE PINS
ROM
CPU CACHE IS THIS TYPE OF RAM
STATIC RAM
HOUSE NUMBERS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ARE LIKE THESE IN MEMORY
ADDRESSES
THESE TYPES OF LONG-TERM STORAGE DRIVES ARE THE NEWEST AND FASTEST
SOLID STATE DRIVES
RAM CHIPS HAVING THIS MANY ADDRESS PINS CAN ONLY HOLD 4 BILLION BYTES, OR 4 GIGABYTES OF DATA
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BAKED-IN SOFTWARE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO CRUCIAL SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
FIRMWARE AND BIOS
THE NAME FOR THE TIME TAKEN FOR THE CPU TO ACCESS A MEMORY LOCATION AND PROCESS THE DATA STORED THERE
LATENCY
NEIGHBORHOOD
AS THE NUMBER OF BITS NEEDING TO BE PROCESSED GROWS EXPONENTIALLY, COMPUTERS DESIGNERS FACE A CONSTANT STRUGGLE BETWEEN THESE THREE THINGS
COST, SIZE, AND SPEED
THESE PINS ARE ELECTRIFIED BY THE CPU IN A SPECIFIC PATTERN TO TELL THE RAM CHIP WHERE THE DATA IS
ADDRESS PINS
THIS TYPE OF MEMORY LOSES THE DATA STORED ON IT WHEN THE POWER IS TURNED OFF
VOLATILE
EACH MEMORY CELL IN DYNAMIC RAM CONSISTS OF THESE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
CAPACITORS AND TRANSISTORS
MEMORY CHIPS ARE BROKEN INTO THESE, WHICH ARE LIKE HOUSES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD
CELLS
AMONG THE THREE TYPES OF LONG-TERM STORAGE DEVICES, THIS IS THE CHEAPEST
MAGNETIC
IN A MODERN COMPUTER, RAM CHIPS HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 18 BILLION BILLION BYTES DUE TO HAVING THIS MANY ADDRESS PINS
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FLASHING
THIS TYPE OF MEMORY IS THE FASTEST
REGISTERS OR CPU CACHE
REGISTERS
THIS CAUSES COMPUTER MEMORY TO DEGRADE OVER TIME
HEAT
TRUE OR FALSE: BOTH THE READ AND WRITE PINS ON A RAM CHIP CAN BE ELECTRIFIED AT THE SAME TIME
ROM IS THIS TYPE OF STORAGE, WHICH MEANS THE DATA STAYS ON IT EVEN WHEN THE POWER IS DISCONNECTED
NON-VOLATILE