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ALMACENAMIENTO ACCESO AZAR [1 record]

Record 1 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A data storage device having the property that the time required to access a randomly selected datum does not depend on the time of the last access or location of the most recently accessed datum.

OBS

In microcomputers, a distinction is drawn between RAM, the contents of which can be changed by the user's program, and read-only memory (or ROM), the contents of which are fixed once and for all by the manufacturer.

OBS

random access memory; direct access storage; random access storage; RAM: terms and abbreviation officially approved by CNGI; random access memory; RAM: term and abbreviation standardized by NATO; random access storage; random access store: terms standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • direct-access storage
  • direct access store
  • random-access storage
  • random memory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Mémoire dont le contenu peut être modifié en usage normal.

OBS

mémoire à accès direct; mémoire active; mémoire à accès sélectif : termes uniformisés par le CNGI; mémoire à accès aléatoire; RAM : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'OTAN; mémoire vive; RAM : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Dispositivo de almacenamiento auxiliar en que el tiempo de acceso para extraer los elementos de datos es constante, relativamente breve e independiente; por ejemplo, un dispositivo en que el modo (modalidad) de acceso no es secuencial como en una cinta magnética.

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