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good definitions of terms

http://www.kingston.com/firoot/branded/notebook_memory.asp?id=2 Only blunder is use of unexplained EDO in explaining SDRAM. --Espoo (talk) 08:50, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

virtual memory

no mention of virtual memory in this article or even in the template Memory types, and no mention of this article in virtual memory! --Espoo (talk) 09:11, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming from Computer memory to Electronic memory

I asked the user who changed the article name to comment on the justification or point to the thread supporting the name change here. § Music Sorter § (talk) 08:36, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for my ambivalence. I changed my mind and moved it back to Computer memory. Instead electronic memory now points at semiconductor memory, which is a more well-defined term. I have now rewritten the lead of this article, which did include some guessing and incorrect statements. Mange01 (talk) 11:58, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Computer data storage

The two articles are currently covering essentialy the same topic, with "computer memory" being the more common name. See section Characteristics of storage at Computer data storage, its contents are parallel to those in computer memory. It's arguable that Computer data storage should refer to persistent storage as in a Data storage device, but it's not dedicated to that topic right now; so I think a merger makes sense. Diego (talk) 12:54, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DO NOT Converge Computer Memory with Computer Data Storage - they are different and should be kept in seperate articles - the general public find it had enough to understand the differences, without these articles supporting their ignorance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.231.54.225 (talk) 06:34, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

These are not the same topic! Computer memory is a subset of Computer data storage. Disk storage is another subset of Computer data storage, as is Tape library. Also, Punched card (albeit obsolete). – Wbm1058 (talk) 13:58, 2 November 2012 (UTC) asadbabu.minhaji — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.178.167.245 (talk) 08:26, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's not at all clear to me that such a distinction exists. There is a great deal of overlap in the content of both articles, and indeed, the first line of the Computer data storage article says that the term is synonymous with "computer memory"! If computer memory is in fact a subset of computer data storage, than with the amount of overlap today, I'd say the best option is to make "Computer memory" a redirect to the appropriate subsection of "Computer data storage".--Xiaphias (talk) 18:02, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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 These are ''not'' the same topic! [[Computer memory]] is a subset of [[Computer data storage]]. [[Disk storage]] is another subset of [[Computer data storage]], as is [[Tape library]]. Also, [[Punched card]] (albeit obsolete). – [[User:Wbm1058|Wbm1058]] ([[User talk:Wbm1058|talk]]) 13:58, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
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+:It's not at all clear to me that such a distinction exists.  There is a great deal of overlap in the content of both articles, and indeed, the first line of the [[Computer data storage]] article says that the term is synonymous with "computer memory"!  If computer memory is in fact a subset of computer data storage, than with the amount of overlap today, I'd say the best option is to make "Computer memory" a redirect to the appropriate subsection of "Computer data storage".--[[User:Xiaphias|Xiaphias]] ([[User talk:Xiaphias|talk]]) 18:02, 18 November 2014 (UTC)