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BigChiefS4 t1_iy5jgv8 wrote

Reply to comment by blaskkaffe in eli5 How is computer memory deleted? by unlikemike123

Nobody I’ve ever worked with in the hardware side of IT has ever called storage “memory” and I’ve been doing this for well over 30 years.

When our devs refer to memory, we are always asking them to differentiate between RAM and storage.

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blaskkaffe t1_iy79c47 wrote

I agree with that, not many people call it memory, unless it is a memory card or similar. It is however still a type of computer memory and OP is asking how to erase a file in memory, which is why I try to clear up that there is two types of memory. I edited the original post to clarify that primary memory or even more specifically RAM is what people usually call memory, and that secondary memory is often called storage.

But saying you are being pedantic but then saying something that is technically entirely incorrect is not being pedantic and simply ads to confusion.

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