Random Access Memory (5375 bytes)
4: ...m, in contrast to Read-Only Memory or [[Read-only memory|ROM]]. RAM is usually used for [[primary storage]...
7: ...teristic of RAM is that its accesses to different memory locations are almost always completed at about th...
9: ...a computer). The basic ideas behind tube and core memory are still used in modern RAM implemented with [[i...
11: ...y]]-filled tubes to hold a series of bits. [[Drum memory]] acted much like the modern [[hard disk]], stori...
21: As for [[carbon nanotube]] memory, a high-tech startup [http://www.nantero.com/ Nan...

Static Random Access Memory (4021 bytes)
1: ...s Memory''' (SRAM) is a type of [[semiconductor]] memory.
3: ...]] as opposed to [[read-only memory]] and [[flash memory]].
5: ... order regardless of the memory location that was accessed before.
7: ...thus typically takes six [[MOSFET]]s to store one memory bit.
9: ...ead much faster than in a [[Dynamic Random Access Memory|DRAM]].

Dynamic random access memory (13919 bytes)
1: '''DRAM''' is a type of [[random access memory]] that stores each [[bit]] of data in a separate ...
3: ... Random Access Memory|SRAM]] and other ''static'' memory.
4: ...ly is removed, it is in the class of ''volatile'' memory devices.
5: DRAM is also in the class of ''solid-state'' memory.
29: ...AM is [[Flash memory]]. Currently available flash memory is slightly cheaper per bit than DRAM, is non-vol...

Random access (1111 bytes)
1: ...The term was also used to describe [[ferrite-core memory]] in early computers).
3: ...tures, such as [[linked list]]s, sacrifice random access to make other operations, such as inserting, dele...

Random Access Machine (698 bytes)
1: ...registers of unlimited size which can be accessed randomly.
3: ...ations, jump instructions and direct and indirect access to the registers.

Random Access Channel (491 bytes)
1: ...her wireless device on a [[Time Division Multiple Access|TDMA-based network]] when it needs to get the att...
3: ...MA,and CDMA based network) especially for initial Access and Bursty data transmission.

Parallel Random Access Machine (915 bytes)
1: '''PRAM''' stands for '''Parallel Random Access Machine''', which is an [[abstract machine]] for ...
3: ...imultaneous access is permitted or prohibited. As accesses can be ''reads'' or ''writes'', there are four ...

Non-Uniform Memory Access (2466 bytes)
1: ...ts own local memory faster than non-local memory (memory which is local to another processor or shared bet...
6: ...MA, maintaining [[cache coherence]] across shared memory has a significant overhead.
10: ...s to keep a consistent memory image when the same memory location is stored in more than one cache.
11: ... algorithms that make unnecessary NUMA-unfriendly accesses.
14: ...[[cluster computing]]. The addition of [[virtual memory]] paging to a cluster architecture can allow NUMA...

Direct memory access (1790 bytes)
1: ...subsystems within a [[computer]] to access system memory for reading and/or writing independently of the m...
5: ...rom external memory to faster, internal (on-chip) memory. Such an operation does not stall the processor a...
7: ...ther" DMA allows the transfer of data to multiple memory areas in a single DMA transaction. It is equivale...
12: * [[Remote Direct Memory Access]]
17: [[Category:Computer memory]]

Remote Direct Memory Access (1628 bytes)
1: ...rom the [[main memory]] of one system to the main memory of another. As there is no CPU, cache, or contex...
12: [[Category:Computer memory]]

Random variable (11238 bytes)
1: ...might describe the possible outcomes of picking a random person and measuring their height.
3: ..., a random variable cannot be assigned a value; a random variable does not describe the actual outcome of ...
5: ... allow easy visualisation of the practical use of random variables, their mathematical construction allows...
9: === Random variables ===
11: ...ower set of Ω. One among the many possible random variables defined on this space is

Random randumb (2777 bytes)
3: ...s [[website]] which first appeared on the web as "Random Randumb" in [[2001]]. The group goes much farther...
6: Random Randumb is based on the value of demonstrating st...
34: Random Randumb, although disregarded by most as a pointl...
39: ...ed. Rumors have been spread around forums that a "Random Randumb Reunion" [[DVD]] is planned. Others have ...

Random field (1466 bytes)
1: ...p>''n''</sup>, a probability measure &pi; is a '''random field''' if
4: ...h as '''Markov random field''' (MRF) and '''Gibbs random field''' (GRF). A MRF exhibits the Markovian prop...
6: ...ble assumes a value does not depend on all of the random variables.
7: ...;' is the same realization of &Omega;, except for random variable <math>X_i</math>. It is easy to see that...

Random sample (390 bytes)
1: ...le]] is a subset of a larger [[population]]. A '''random sample''' is one in which every item/object there...
4: *[[random]]
5: *[[random sampling]]

Random sequence (1212 bytes)
2: ...ort, a [[random]] sequence is a [[sequence]] of [[random variable]]s.
4: ...sequence of [[independent identically-distributed random variables]].
6: ... can produce that sequence ('''Chaitin-Kolmogorov randomness''').
9: * [[random number]]
10: * [[randomness]]

Random optimization (773 bytes)
1: '''Random optimization''' is the name applied to a class of...
4: ...e compared with [[genetic algorithm]]s, and often random optimization outperforms other methods with signi...
6: Contrast [[Random-restart hill climbing]]; [[genetic algorithm]].
10: * Matyas, J (1965), Random optimization, Automation and remote control, vol ...
11: ... Solis, F.J and Wets, R.J (1981), Minimization by random search techniques, Mathematics of operations rese...

Random number (7417 bytes)
1: ...s a single observation (outcome) of a specified [[random variable]]. Where no distribution is specified, t...
3: ...f how it was generated. Informally, to generate a random number means that before it was generated, all [[...
5: ==Importance of random numbers==
7: ...[[protocol]] of a study from a participant (see [[randomized controlled trial]]) and [[Monte Carlo method|...
9: ...g]], while [[Pseudorandom number generator|pseudo-random]] numbers are of general importance in [[computer...

Random Harvest (1682 bytes)
1: .... He begins a new life, then suddenly regains his memory and tries to pick up his old life, having no reco...
3: [[image:RandomHarvest.jpg|left|thumb|1949 paperback edition]]The...

/dev/random (1841 bytes)
1: ... When the entropy pool is empty, reads from /dev/random will [[blocking I/O|block]] until additional envi...
3: ... its own random number generator seeded from /dev/random.
11: *[[hardware random number generator]]
12: *[[cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator]]
14: [[Category:Random numbers]]

Random House (1573 bytes)
1: ... on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House.
3: ...the Random House Ballantine Publishing Group, and Random House Ventures. It also has a division called [[D...
5: ...f]], Inc. and [[Pantheon Books]] were acquired by Random House in [[1960]] and [[1961]], respectively; wor...
10: * [http://www.randomhouse.com/about/history.html Randomhouse.com's history page]
12: ...f Bennet Cerf with the quote on the origin of the Random House name]

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