Read–write memory

Read–write memory is a type of computer memory that may be relatively easily written to as well as read from, that is, using electrical signalling normally associated with running a software, and without any other physical processes (unlike ROM or "read-only memory" and distinct from EEPROM).[1] The related term RAM (for "random access memory") means something different; it refers to memory that can access any memory location in a constant amount of time.[2]

The term might also refer to memory locations having both read and write permissions. In modern computer systems using memory segmentation, each segment has a length and set of permissions (for example, read, write, execute) associated with it.

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References
  1. "JEDEC: read/write memory". JEDEC. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. "JEDEC: random-access memory", JEDEC, retrieved 7 March 2017


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