RAM vs ROM - What's The REAL Difference?


RAM vs ROM - difference between ram and rom
RAM vs ROM 

RAM and ROM both are the types of primary memory, in this article we will discuss the difference between RAM and ROM. 


                                        RAM

ROM

It stands for Random Access Memory.

It stands for Read-Only Memory

Ram data is volatile, that data can be present until power supply.

Rom data is non-volatile, data can be saved and present after power supply.

RAM stores data temporarily.

RAM stores data permanently.

Ram data can be read, erased and modified

Rom data is readable only.

Ram stores data that CPU needs for current instruction processing.

Rom stores data that needed to bootstrap the computer.

CPU can directly access data stored on RAM.

Data is copied from ROM to RAM so that CPU can access data.

RAM is faster memory.

ROM is slower than RAM.

RAM is more expensive

ROM is cheaper than RAM.

Types of RAM are:

1) DRAM

2) SRAM

Types of ROM are:

1)      PROM

2)      EPROM










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