memory

memory
   The primary physical RAM installed in the computer. The operating system copies applications from disk into memory, where all program execution and data processing take place, and then writes the results back to disk. The amount of memory installed in the computer can determine the size and number of programs that it can run, as well as the size of the largest data file.

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