{"id":22335,"date":"2017-02-07T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T10:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/?p=22335"},"modified":"2024-11-16T14:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T14:45:43","slug":"differences-between-ram-and-rom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/differences-between-ram-and-rom\/","title":{"rendered":"Differences between RAM and ROM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Differences between RAM and ROM<\/h1>\n

Let’s learn about some important differences between RAM and ROM.<\/p>\n

RAM is a type of computer memory that can be read and written in any order. It can be used to store working data and machine code.<\/p>\n

ROM is a type of computer memory that can be used to store non-volatile permanent data. It can be used to read data and the write operation is not permitted.<\/p>\n

RAM vs ROM<\/h2>\n

Some of the differences between RAM and ROM are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
RAM\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nROM<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM stands for Random Access Memory<\/td>\nROM stands for Read-Only Memory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM permits data Read and\u00a0 Write operations.<\/td>\nROM permits only data Read operation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data stored in the RAM is volatile. It is memory storage is used for temporary computer programs and data.<\/td>\nData stored in the ROM is permanent. It is memory storage used for holding instructions needed for starting the computer system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM is volatile.<\/p>\n

RAM data and contents stored are lost when the power supply to the computer is turned off.<\/td>\n

ROM is non-volatile.<\/p>\n

ROM data and contents stored are not lost even after the computer is turned off<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

RAMs are costly compared to ROMs.<\/td>\nROMs are cheaper than RAMs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM serves as temporary data storage<\/td>\nROM serves as permanent data storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Differences between RAM and ROM Let’s learn about some important differences between RAM and ROM. RAM is a type of computer memory that can be read and written in any order. It can be used to store working data and machine code. ROM is a type of computer memory that can be used to store […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[661],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22335"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23204,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22335\/revisions\/23204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}