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Definition: RAM Disk |
RAM DiskNoun1. (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors; "access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | RAM disk |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A proper disk cache in the operating system will usually obviate the performance motivation for a RAM disk; a disk cache fulfills a similar role (fast access to data that is notionally stored on a disk) without the various penalties (data loss in the event of power loss, static partitioning, etc.). RAM disks are, however, indispensable in situations in which a physical disk is not available.
Another way to use RAM to store files is the temporary filesystem. The difference between temporary filesystem and a RAM disk is that the RAM disk (/dev/ram0 etc.) is fixed-sized and acts like a disk partition, whereas the temporary filesystem (/dev/shm; in Source Mage GNU/Linux also /tmp) grows and shrinks to fit the files put on it.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "RAM disk."
Crosswords: RAM Disk |
| English words defined with "RAM disk": disk cache. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RAM disk": 3Station ♦ backing store ♦ Commodore 64, Commodore 65, CONFIG.SYS ♦ expansion card, external memory ♦ FreeBSD ♦ Get a real computer!, gold marker, gold stamper, gold-leaf printer ♦ hot stamper ♦ leaf stamper, lettering-machine operator ♦ Memory Management Unit, MPC Level 1 Specification, MPC Level 2 Specification ♦ On-Line Analytical Processing ♦ Packard Bell Electronics, Inc., page in, page out, pre\box ♦ RAM drive, RISC OS, run-time library ♦ SoftModem, solid-state storage device, STAMPING-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ to load, to open ♦ virtual disk ♦ Windows 2000, Windows NT ♦ XT bus architecture. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ram disk | 279 |
dvd ram disk | 17 |
ram disk window 2000 | 11 |
ram disk window | 10 |
ram disk nt | 7 |
ram disk drive | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "ram disk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | amray iskday.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-k-m-r-s" | |
-1 letter: disarm. | |
-2 letters: amids, amirs, darks, dirks, drams, kadis, maids, mairs, marks, mikra, mirks, raids, rakis, simar, smirk. | |
-3 letters: aids, aims, airs, amid, amir, amis, arid, arks, arms, dais, daks, dams, dark, dims, dirk, disk, dram, irks, kadi, kami, kids, kirs, kris, mads, maid, mair, mark, mars, mask, mids, mirk, mirs, rads, raid, raki, rami, rams, rias, rids, rims, risk, sadi, said, saki, sard, sari, sark, sima, skid, skim. | |
-4 letters: ads, aid, aim, air, ais, ami, ark, arm, ars, ask, dak, dam, dim, dis, ids, irk, ism, kas, kid, kir, mad, mar, mas, mid, mir, mis, rad, ram, ras, ria, rid, rim, sad, sim, sir, ska, ski, sri. | |
-5 letters: ad, ai, am, ar, as, id, is, ka, ma, mi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-k-m-r-s" | |
+2 letters: diemakers, disembark, kaiserdom, mismarked, tidemarks. | |
+3 letters: disembarks, kaiserdoms. | |
+4 letters: disembarked, dressmaking, makereadies. | |
+5 letters: disembarking, dressmakings, semidarkness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 41 4D 44 69 73 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000001 01001101 00100000 01000100 01101001 01110011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R A M   D i s k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0041 004D 0044 0069 0073 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523547238758577 |
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