Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
main memory \main memory\ n. (Computers) The memory in a computer that holds programs and data for rapid access during execution of a program; it usually hold the largest quantity of rapid-access storage in a computer; -- also called RAM ( random access memory. It is contrasted to ROM, disk data storage, cache, registers and other forms of data storage.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context electronics English) Computer memory that dynamically stores program and data values during operation and in which each byte of memory may be directly accessed. 2 (context computing English) The main memory of a computer available for program execution or data storage.
WordNet
n. the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible [syn: random-access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory]
Usage examples of "random access memory".
You see instead a slot that is waiting for this RISC, a reduced instruction set chip with tons of RAM--random access memory--and plenty of PROM--programmed read only memory--for start-up and function.
It requires around six hundred trillion bits of random access memory to keep track of all the chemical processes in a simple animal.
I was getting ready to turn control over to HKL GCL (Captain Hives) when that dear little electronic idiot crashed its RAM-its Random Access Memory on which was written our descent program.
RAM-its Random Access Memory on which was written our descent program.