volatile memory

Definitions

Computing

• noun memory or storage medium which loses data stored in it when the power supply is switched off

Electronics

• computer memory, such as most forms of RAM, which does not retain its content when the power is interrupted or turned off. Also called volatile storage (2).
• synonymvolatile storage
• computer storage which does not retain its content when the power is interrupted or turned off. This type of storage is very rare.

Information & Library Science

• noun a memory or storage mechanism in a computer which loses data stored in it when the power supply is switched off

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