I always tried to explain it like a desk: The space on the top of the desk is the ram (Bigger the desktop = more RAM.) The space left over after all of the equipment is placed on the desk (computer, pencil holder, calculator...) is the amount of ram free to load programs/data. The desk drawers are the disk space (The more drawers/ filing cabnets = bigger disks.) As you work on something you take it out of the drawer (disk) put on the the desktop (ram). Richard Quilhot, C.N.A. > > 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 > [log in to unmask] ----- **Need help with PCBUILD mailing list? Send an Email to:** Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> or Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>