ram disk

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 104057712)
    "access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off"
    referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: drive - (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
    is a part of: ram, random access memory, random memory, random-access memory, read/write memory - the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

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