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RAM features

RAM features

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RAM features

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- RAM has a lot of features that I've kind of dumped all into one little episode that I'm gonna call cleverly RAM features. So the first thing I wanna talk about is a unique feature of RAM known as parity versus ECC. So what I want you to do is take a look at these three sticks right here in front of me. Count the actual chips. You see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, four, Eh, let's flip it over this way, you can see it a little better. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, You see that? What you're looking at is, remember, when we talk about RAM we always say bytes. I have 16 gigabytes. I have one gigabyte. I always have 32 gigabytes. We never say gigabits or anything like that, because when we measure RAM, it's always in bytes, and there are eight bits to a bite. Each one of those chips handles a bit and that's why you pretty much always see eight little chips on a…

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