Which of the following components is primarily used for the temporary, volatile storage of data that the CPU is actively processing?
Solid-State Drive (SSD)
Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Random Access Memory (RAM) serves as volatile, temporary storage for data and applications that the CPU is actively using. When a computer is running applications, they are loaded from permanent storage into RAM for fast access by the processor. Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) and Solid-State Drives (SSDs) are forms of non-volatile, permanent storage where files are saved for long-term access. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) executes instructions and processes data but relies on RAM for holding the active data it needs.
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