MEMORY OF COMPUTER: DETAILED EXPLANATION INTRODUCTION MEMORY IN A COMPUTER IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL COMPONENT THAT STORES DATA, INSTRUCTIONS, AND INFORMATION TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY. IT ACTS AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) AND THE STORAGE DEVICES, ENSURING SMOOTH DATA PROCESSING AND RETRIEVAL. WITHOUT MEMORY, A COMPUTER CANNOT PERFORM ANY OPERATION. COMPUTER MEMORY IS BROADLY CATEGORIZED BASED ON ACCESS TIME, CAPACITY, COST, AND VOLATILITY . IT DETERMINES THE PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. TYPES OF COMPUTER MEMORY COMPUTER MEMORY IS MAINLY DIVIDED INTO PRIMARY MEMORY AND SECONDARY MEMORY , AND ALSO INCLUDES CACHE MEMORY AND VIRTUAL MEMORY AS SPECIAL TYPES. 1. PRIMARY MEMORY (MAIN MEMORY) PRIMARY MEMORY IS DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE BY THE CPU. IT IS FAST BUT LIMITED IN SIZE AND VOLATILE IN NATURE, MEANING DATA IS LOST WHEN POWER IS TURNED OFF. CHARACTERISTICS: HIGH SPEED LIMITED STORAGE CAPACITY VOLATILE (T...
BIOS WHENEVER WE START OUR COMPUTER, THE FIRST THING THAT OPERATES IS THE BIOS KNOWN AS “BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM” . IT ACTUALLY DOES THAT WHAT IS KNOWN AS BOOTING I.E. CHECKING WHETHER THE HARDWARE IS WORKING PROPERLY OR NOT. BY MONITORING THE BIOS, YOU CAN MANAGE HARDWARE, INSTALL COMPABILITY UPDATES, CHANGE THE SEQUENCE OF THE BOOTING AND ALSO OTHER FUNCTIONS. BY VIEWING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE BIOS BASIC MONITORING OF THE MANY ITEMS CAN BE DONE WITH VARYING DEGREES OF UNCERTAINITY. IT IS SIMPLY MATTER OF NAVIGATING THE MENU BASED BIOS PROGRAM AND LOCATING THE PROPER SCREEN THAT PROVIDES THE INFORMATION. EXAMPLES ARE PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS ALL ABOUT BIOS ...