DEFINITIONHardware is a general term for equipment

such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is a tipically sold in hardware stores.

HARDWARE PARTS• RAM• MOTHERBOARD• MICROPROCESSOR• ROM• VISUAL CARD• SOUND CARD• HARD DISK• SCREEN

RAMRandom access-memory (RAM) is a form of

computer data storage. Today, it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow stored data to be accessed in any order with a worst case performance of constant time.

Types of RAMDRAM (Dynamic RAM)VRAM (Vídeo RAM) SRAM (Static RAM) FPM (Fast Page Mode) EDO (Extended Data Output) BEDO (Burst EDO) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) DDR SDRAM or SDRAM II (Double Data Rate

SDRAM)

PB SRAM (Pipeline Burst SRAM) RAMBUS ENCAPSULADOS SIMM (Single In line Memory Module) DIMM (Dual In line Memory Module) DIP (Dual In line Package) RAM Disk

Uses of RAMIn addition to serving as temporary storage

and working space for the operating system and its applications, RAM is used in numerous other ways:

- Virtual memory - RAM disk - Shadow RAM

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