Primary storage
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Primary Storage is a category of Computer storage, often called "Main memory". It is used to store data that is likely to be in active use, and so is usually relatively fast. Contrast with Secondary storage.

Storage devices in this category include:

• Random Access Memory (RAM) - includes VRAM, WRAM, NVRAM
• Read only Memory (ROM)

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