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What is virtual memory?
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I keep hearing about "virtual memory" in computers. What is that? How can memory be "virtual"?
Dementia Overview
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Dementia takes your episodic memory, or your memory of recent events, and then proceeds to other types of memory loss. Who's at risk for dementia?
Without a Hippocampus, Your Long-term Memory Is History
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HowStuffWorks looks at the function of the hippocampus and the role it plays in storing long-term memories and creating new ones.
Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws Entire Cities From Memory
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Stephen Wiltshire is a British autistic savant who draws entire cityscapes, in pen, entirely from memory. HowStuffWorks catches up for a conversation.
How RAM Works
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RAM is the best known form of computer memory and easy to upgrade. Learn how RAM works, what kind of RAM to buy, and how to install it.
How Amnesia Works
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Memory is your only personal record of the past and of who you are as an individual. What if you woke up one morning and your memory was gone?
What Is ROM? How Read-Only-Memory Works in Computers
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Read-only memory is not only essential to your computer, but is also used in everything from video games to microwaves. Learn about the different types of ROM and how they're used.
What are system resources, and why do I run out of them?
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What are system resources, and why do I run out of them even though I have 128Mb of memory? Is this a conspiracy by the memory chip manufacturers or what?
How Motherboards Work
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Motherboards tie everything in your computer together. Go inside motherboards with diagrams and video and learn about sockets, the CPU and computer memory.
How much can a goldfish remember?
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Goldfish are not known for having particularly strong memories, but maybe they should be. Learn all about what goldfish can remember at HowStuffWorks.