Differentiate between ROM and RAM?

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Differentiate between ROM and RAM?..

Answer / nagamalleswararao

rom is read only memory...it's having permanent memory
storage.....
Ram is random access memory...it's having temparary storing
memory

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Differentiate between ROM and RAM?..

Answer / aby

ROM- read only memory
---it can't be modified easily and is used for those data
which doesn't need frequent updates
RAM- random access memory
--it allows data to be accessed at any order

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Differentiate between ROM and RAM?..

Answer / avinash

Rom stands for read only memory & Ram Stands for randum
access memory.
Rom is read only memory...it's having permanent memory
storage.....
Ram is random access memory...it's having temparary storing
memory.

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Differentiate between ROM and RAM?..

Answer / avinashk168@gmail.com

Rom stands for read only memory & Ram Stands for randum
access memory

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Differentiate between ROM and RAM?..

Answer / anees shaikh

ROM IS A READ ONLY MEMORY AND IT IS USED IN MAINTAINING THE
CONFIGURATION OF THE SYSTEM AND IT IS VOLATILE IT MEANS THE
MOMENT THE POWER IS UNPLUGGED LIKE FOR AN INSTANT THE
BATTERY WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE MOTHERBOARD TO KEEP THE
CONFIGURATION DIES THE ROM IS ERASED

RAM : IT IS RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY WHICH IS NON VOLATILE AND
CAN RETAIN DATA EVEN AFTER THE POWER IS UNPLUGGED SOME
EXAMPLES ARE SOLID STATE HDD WHICH HAS MEMORY CHIPS IN IT

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Differentiate between ROM and RAM?..

Answer / priya

rom is read only memory whereas ram is read/write memory.
ram is also called random access memory because data is
accessed randomly.

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