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LESSON 6
PRINCIPLES OF WORK AND STRUCTURE OF
COMPUTER MEMORY

PART 1

Task 1. Learn the following words and word combinations:
Advent, advances in speed, capacity, size, cost and reliability,
encompass, memory framework, random access, supplement,
necessitate, by accelerating, retrieve, volatile, compartments, utilize.

Task 2. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases
from the previous exercise.

TEXT 1
STRUCTURE OF COMPUTER MEMORY
The memory structure of a computer refers to those hardware
elements that store the data elements and the related information
during program execution. It has a great impact upon the usage and
the programming of the computer. Since the advent of commercial
electronic digital computers, the memory has made great hardware
advances in speed, capacity, size, cost and reliability. It has also
made great organizational changes.
The structure of the memory in a computer encompasses
various devices that store data and applications, which are processed
by the central processing unit. The memory framework has a
significant impact on the speed of any computer system because
processors operate at a much faster pace than ordinary memory. Over
the years, designers have developed memory methodologies that are
efficient and cost effective.
Often, when computer memory is discussed it is in relationship
to random access memory, or RAM. The CPU operates at a much

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