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RAM Hard Disk

CPU is an electronic device, so Hard disk is an electro-

it’s speed can match with mechanical
RAM.Therefore,CPU and device.Therefore,it’s speed

RAM have connections and cannot be match by CPU and

that connections is known as hence there is no connection

buses between hard-disk and CPU.

RAM is much faster than a Hard-disk is a type of non-
hard-disk. RAM is a type of volatile storage that is much
volatile memory that can be slower than RAM. It is used for
accessed quickly by the CPU. long-term storage of data that
This allows for fast data needs to be preserved even
processing and multitasking. when the computer is turned
off.

Hard-disk is non-volatile,

meaning that its contents are

preserved even when the

RAM is volatile, meaning that computer is turned off. This

its contents are lost when the makes hard-disk an ideal

computer is turned off. choice for long-term storage of

data.

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