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What is ram and rom computer memories?

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ROM is an acronym for Read-Only Memory. Once data has been written onto a ROM chip, it cannot be removed and can only be read. RAM is an acronym for Random Access Memory. Specific contents can be read or written directly by the CPU in a very short time, regardless of the order in which they were recorded.

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