Using a RAM disk to make CAT tools faster | Sorry, here's what I meant by "RAM" and "RAM disk"

Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Using a RAM disk to make CAT tools faster
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: Sorry, here's what I meant by "RAM" and "RAM disk"

[quote]Oliver Walter wrote:
I imagine some people don't know what RAM means in the computer context. It's an acronym for Random-Access Memory. [/quote]

It's true, we tend to use terminology loosely, on the assumption that our readers will understand what we're trying to say.

But in case it wasn't clear: when I said "RAM" in this thread, I did not mean "any type of random access memory" (including e.g. SSDs) but rather [url= [url removed] ]DDR3 SDRAM[/url] or [url= [url removed] ]DDR4 SDRAM[/url], and similar. I apologise if this wasn't clear. Also, when I said "RAM disk", I did not mean any memory module that offers random access, but rather what is described on [url= [url removed] ]this Wikipedia article[/url]. Again, sorry if this wasn't clear. (Oh, and since we're on the topic of terminological precision, if anyone reading here is unaware of it: in computerese, "random" does not mean random.)

[Edited at 2020-04-10 07:03 GMT]