HyperDic: ram_disk

English > 1 sense of the expression RAM disk:
NOUNartifactRAM disk(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
English > RAM disk: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning(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.
Categorycomputer science, computingThe branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Part ofrandom-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memoryThe most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on
Broaderdrive(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

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