main memory
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thelargest,fastest, or mostimportantplacewhere acomputertemporarilystoresinformationorprograms:
Anothertechnicalfeatureof thetabletPC isits2 GB ofmainmemory.
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Programs and data registers could be copied back and forth from the extended memory to themainmemory, where they could be accessed as usual.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Up to 12 moremainmemorybanks could be added.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mainmemorywas random access magnetic core, in the form of 4,096-word memory modules.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Themainmemoryconsisted of eight tubes, each storing one such page of 64 words.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Graphics and sound likewise appeared as regions inside themainmemory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A list of vectors stored inmainmemorywas periodically read out to the display to refresh it before the image faded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Themainmemoryhad between 4 and 16 banks, depending on customer requirements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Themainmemoryaddress is in the register in control memory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Active pages are transferred intomainmemoryfor fast access; inactive pages are pushed out to secondary storage to make room, as needed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most actively used information in themainmemoryis just duplicated in the cache memory, which is faster, but of much lesser capacity.
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