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What is BIOS   a type of ROM that is used by the computer to establish when the computer first powers on.  
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What is ROM?   long term info the computer uses again and again doesn’t accept new info change NOT be changed  
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What is RAM?   short term accepts new info for temporary storage  
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BIOS   basic input/output system  
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ROM   read only memory  
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RAM   Random access memory  
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Caching    Storing of frequently used data in extremely fast RAM that connects directly to the CPU  
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Virtual memory    Space on a hard disk used to temporarily store data and swap it in and out of RAM as needed  
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Flash memory    Solid state storage device retains data even after computers is turned off  
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Kilobyte KB   One pagedouble-spaced text document is roughly 2o KB in size  
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Megabyte MB   Memory is measured in today most computers come with at least 128 MB worth of memory  
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Gigabyte GB   Hard drives and DVD are measured in GB hard drives are now mostly 120 GB+  
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