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Non-volatile memory In the late 1940s Jay Forrester, Jan A. Rajchman and An Wang magnetic core memory Which would allow for recall of memory after power loss he development of transistor based memory in the late 1960s
Secondary Memory
Not directly accessible by the CPU Outside the computer Portable device Usually not in the form of IC Slow cheap Permanent in nature Non-volatile memory Huge storage capacity eg- HDD,FD,CD
ROM
Read only memory Cant write Permanent in nature Non-volatile memory Three typesPROM EPROM EEPROM
Non-Volatile Memory
Can retain the stored information even when not powered eg- ROM
Management of memory
vital for a computer system to operate properly Modern operating systems have complex systems to properly manage memory Failure to do so can lead to bugs, slow performance, and at worst case, takeover by viruses and malicious software
Limitations
Since primary memory is a volatile memory we cant store any data in it for a future references We can store large data in secondary memory for future reference but if it get crashed or damaged then all data will be lost Since secondary memory is portable there is probability of stolen or lost Primary memory is expensive as compared to secondary memory
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