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Frank: Amy:
– My first test in computer science is on Monday. So, – Have you seen the photo of the Yuncheng Salt Lake in
can you summarise memory since you’re the expert? this week’s magazine? It’s gorgeous!
Sue: Pam:
– Sure, just remember the term ‘memory’ is used a bit – Nope. What makes it so beautiful?
loosely. A memory unit is the part where information is
Amy:
stored. Technically, it can be either of two things: RAM
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or ROM.
Frank: Pam:
– How’s that possible? How can it have such an effect
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on the lake?
Sue:
Amy:
– RAM stores the programs and data you are using in
– Actually, as the weather warms up, different
your current work session. When you turn off your
microorganisms flourish in different parts of the lake,
computer, the information in RAM is lost. ROM stores
each giving the water its own distinctive shade.
the information your computer needs to perform basic
functions and run programs that are built in your
computer. A) The water is brightly coloured due to high temperatures

Frank: in the region.
– Thank you. B) In fact, it is the third biggest sodium sulphate lake in the
world.
C) The weather in that region is so hot that tourists hardly
A) So, RAM and ROM are two kinds of memory, then what come to stay there.
do the abbreviations stand for?
D) Humans have been harvesting salt in this lake for 4,000
B) I need to be able to explain them, so what is the
years.
difference between RAM and ROM?
E) It is in the Shanxi province of northern China– known as
C) Technically speaking, what are the distinct physical
the Dead Sea of China.
features of these two memory types?
D) So, can you briefly describe what happens if a memory
unit is used at its limits?
E) What difference does it make if I upgrade one of these
units with a newer one?

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