Computer architecture/Memory Organization

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This is a lesson in the course, Computer Architecture, which is a part of The School of Computer Science

Objective[edit | edit source]

The objective of learning Memory Organization is to get through basic concepts of Memory
types and their working, here you will learn about various types of memory used in computer
system, their uses and functionality.


Introduction To memory[edit | edit source]

Memory, in general means 'remembering '. The computers use various types of Memory devices,
some provide permanent storage and others are volatile. There are 2 basic categories of
memory. They are
1. Primary Memory /Main memory ( Ram , cache , registers )
2. Secondary Memory/Auxiliary memory (hard disk,CD,DVD,floppy disks )


Assignments[edit | edit source]

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