Primary Memory vs. Secondary Memory

If you still remember, from my previous blog about the Von Neumann Architecture, the last part of its theoretical framework is a memory unit composed of Primary Memory: Random Access Memory (RAM): Read Only Memory (RAM) and the Secondary Memory.

Basically, the primary memory is the main memory of the computer directly accessible by the processor/CPU while the secondary memory is where bulks of data are being stored permanently. To provide you with better comparison, check out the image bellow.

this screenshot image is taken from https://techdifferences.com/difference-between-primary-and-secondary-memory.html#:~:text=The%20memory%20of%20a%20computer,time%20or%20permanently%2C%20is%20kept

I hope the detailed comparison above helped your confusion about the primary memory and the secondary memory of a computer. Huge thanks to TechDifferences(2017) for the information about the topic. Learning never stops, everyone.

See you in my next blog!

Proper credits:

TechDifferences(2017), Difference between Primary and Secondary Memory, https://techdifferences.com/difference-between-primary-and-secondary-memory.html#:~:text=The%20memory%20of%20a%20computer,time%20or%20permanently%2C%20is%20kept