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Re: NAND vs SDCARD (where is my memory used at?)

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Originally Posted by arrrghhh View Post
RAM is only used for running programs/services... I mentioned this before but you probably missed it.

RAM is basically a place for programs to store information that it needs to access quickly - as RAM is much faster access than a hard drive, NAND, etc. So the OS uses RAM as a buffer so to speak - between the processor & storage device.

So this is a place for the system to store things temporarily - you can't store things directly on RAM, as it would get cleared out on device shutdown/restart.
So that in my dictionary is a "ramdisk" does Android use a Ramdisk? It could possibly explain why...
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