Volatile Memory

All RAM except the CMOS RAM used for the BIOS is volatile. Mem. that loses its contents when the power is turned off. A computer's main mem., made up of dynamic RAM or static RAM chips, loses its content immediately upon loss of power. Contrast ROM, which is non-volatile mem.      Generally abbreviated as NVRAM, Non-volatile memory is an area of data storage in the memory where data is not lost when the power is turned off. Nonvolatile memory areas include read-only memory (ROM) and flash memory

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