Think of RAM as an etch-a-sketch very easy to draw a picture on, yet
completely disappears when you turn it over (power off) while drawing a
picture on paper requires real work to make it go away and simply turing
it off will not make it disappear

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Boston [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 9:51 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [PCBUILD] Memory analogys
>
> I have to give a speech explaining the difference between disk
> space and Ram memory. While I understand this topic, I have not
> yet come up with an explanation that my 13 year old daughter can
> grasp.
> Does anyone have an easy to understand analogy for how ram works?
>
>
>
>      Elizabeth Boston
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