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Main memory (computing environment)   (French Equivalent: Mémoire vive)

DefinitionAlso known as RAM (Random Access Memory), information stored in the active virtual memory of a running computer. Information in RAM is lost when the computer is turned off, unless it has been saved to disk first.

Variable Media Glossary. Depocas, A., Ippolito, J., and Jones, C. (eds) (2003). Permanence Through Change: The Variable Media Approach. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications and the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art Science and Technology.
http://www.variablemedia.net/e/preserving/html/var_pub_index.html
 
Alternate Term =Random Access Memory * RAM
Broader Term ↑Equipment
Related Term ↔Library (computing environment)