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This article does not answer a couple rather basic questions:
The memories we have studied so far can all be read and written. Such memories are called RAMs (Random Access Memories), which is a misnomer because all memory chips are randomly accessible, but the term is too well established to get rid of now.
CapnZapp ( talk) 16:55, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
I've found a usage where it seems to mean something not matching what I've read in this article. It seems like the following are examples of random access memory as used there:
This includes two stacks (which can be used as a tape or as registers), but not one stack. Orisphera2 ( talk) 17:33, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
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This article does not answer a couple rather basic questions:
The memories we have studied so far can all be read and written. Such memories are called RAMs (Random Access Memories), which is a misnomer because all memory chips are randomly accessible, but the term is too well established to get rid of now.
CapnZapp ( talk) 16:55, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
I've found a usage where it seems to mean something not matching what I've read in this article. It seems like the following are examples of random access memory as used there:
This includes two stacks (which can be used as a tape or as registers), but not one stack. Orisphera2 ( talk) 17:33, 6 January 2023 (UTC)