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Donno_Nemore t1_iy42xaw wrote

The question title does not match the question body. Memory and storage are distinct components in many systems.

Most memory systems require an active power source to maintain the values stored in it. As soon as power is lost the energy in the memory begins to shrink and what was in the memory is lost

Storage keeps data even when the power is off. Early types of storage were much slower than memory. Deleting a file is done by changing the values stored. How the file is deleted is determined by a combination of the program deleting it, the operating system being used, the storage format, and the specific storage hardware.

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BigChiefS4 t1_iy4d7du wrote

This is a huge pet peeve of mine. My non-computer illiterate friends me ask me, “How can I clear up my memory? It’s full.”

You can’t. You can’t clear up memory like you do with storage. Memory and storage are two distinct things. They don’t understand the difference.

Most of my friends don’t ask me computer questions anymore because I get all pedantic on them.

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iswedlvera t1_iy4fawc wrote

You can 100% clear up memory by closing all those chrome tabs.

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BigChiefS4 t1_iy4fm5s wrote

Memory, yes. Storage, no.

OP is conflating memory and storage. He says memory but means storage.

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Magic_Neil t1_iy4ja6g wrote

Yeah, this bugs the bejesus out of me too. I can only assume it’s because “it’s all gigs”, but you’d think that eventually people would figure out the nomenclature of memory vs drive space or disk space or storage of F’n whatever.

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