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OCR: MEMO Memory InfoWeb far in this chapter voU have learned that computers represent data using electronic signals. You know that the data bus transports these electronic sianals from auo place to another inside the computer Now you will find out where the computer puts data wh en not in transit. Memory Technology Memory is electronic circuitry that holds data pue program instructions. Memory is sometimes called primary storage but this term is easily confused with storage It is preferable to use the term memory to refer to the circuitry that has direct link to the proce ssor and to use the term storage to refer to media such as disks that are not directly linked to the processor. There are four types 0 memory: random access memory. virtual memory. CMOS memory. and read- only memory Each type ...