Maven (famous)@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoA quick guide to computer componentslemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down126
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minus-squarex4740N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 months agoRam is closest to human short term memory Our minds dump its contents to permanent memory when we sleep
minus-squaredumpsterlid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoMy ram just dumps its contents to whatever it feels like whenever it fancies like a rogue waste disposal truck that goes around neighborhoods collecting trash and then just delivering it to other random homes.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoBut we have multiple working memories with different saving times.
minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoHave you heard of CPU and GPU caches and registers? Even the storage in a PC has cache(s).
Ram is closest to human short term memory
Our minds dump its contents to permanent memory when we sleep
My ram just dumps its contents to whatever it feels like whenever it fancies like a rogue waste disposal truck that goes around neighborhoods collecting trash and then just delivering it to other random homes.
But we have multiple working memories with different saving times.
Have you heard of CPU and GPU caches and registers? Even the storage in a PC has cache(s).