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Examples of random-access memory in a Sentence
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Without random-access memory, a computer today can’t even boot up.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 July 2022
Last year, Samsung, the world’s largest maker of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), started rolling out processing-in-memory (PIM) tech.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2021
The company manufactures dynamic random-access memory-storage — or DRAM — ...
—Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 8 Dec. 2022
CEA-Leti reported on a demonstration of 16-kbit ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM) arrays using a HfO2-based ferroelectric at the 130nm node.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
Micron Technology is a semiconductor manufacturer with a particular focus on NAND and DRAM chips (long-term data storage and dynamic random-access memory, respectively).
—Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes, 7 June 2021
Micron produces computer memory and computer data storage including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and USB flash drives.
—Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
The bug stems from the failure of the input-output memory management unit—which provides protection preventing the malicious modification of static random-access memory—to implement early enough in the firmware boot process.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2020
Micron, along with Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. of South Korea, which also views memory chip technology as a national-security priority, are the dominant global producers of dynamic random-access memory chips, known as DRAM.
—Kate O’Keeffe, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
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First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined above
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“Random-access memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/random-access%20memory. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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random-access memory
noun
: RAM
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