Definition: Random Access Memory (RAM)


Memory that allows any storage location to be accessed randomly, as opposed to tape drives, which are sequential access devices.




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ASCII

ASCII is the abbreviation for American Standard Code of Information Interchange. A 7-bit code standard for representation of characters, numbers, symbols and control characters, for use in data communication and data storage.

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