Chapter 14
RAM
This chapter covers the following A+ 220-1101 exam objective:
3.2 – Given a scenario, install the appropriate RAM.
This chapter and the next one are all about how data is accessed and stored—over the short term and the long term. We use random-access memory (RAM) for the short term and storage drives over the long term. In this chapter, we’ll focus on the short term and RAM.
When people talk about the RAM in their computer, they are almost always referring to the “sticks” of memory that are installed into the motherboard. This is known as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), or main memory, and often comes in capacities of 4, ...
Get CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) and Core 2 (220-1102) Exam Cram now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
