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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
I'm not even getting into this again after the argument in another thread, but RAM is not the same thing as storage. 
I KINDA agree with you though. |
@jessica: please accept my appology for previous aggressive comments in the "other thread".
Okay,
I agree with you that memory and storage ARE different in that memory is a subset of storage.
Memory stores information for immediate or long term use (including biological and computer memory).
Storage can store information AND physical objects (you can store you car in a garage). This gets blurred when information is represented as physical objects, such as a storage box full of books that contain information. Technically, the books are the memory storage device, and the box containing them is the physical storage device in that case. The dividing line between memory and storage has always been rather blurred (such as magnetic core memory storage, and drum memory storage, both of which were used for CPU register storage and for archival storage).
These words are often confused and misused in technical literature. Sorry about any previous confusion or disagreement, but fifty years of professional experience in computer hardware and software design tells me that I am right.
P.S. I just bought a Nexus 7 after reading your other thread. Thanks for posting that information! 