Template:Memory types
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| name = Memory types
| title = Computer memory and data storage types
| class = hlist
| list1title = General
| list1 =
- Memory cell
- Memory coherence
- Cache coherence
- Memory hierarchy
- Memory access pattern
- Memory map
- Secondary storage
- MOS memory
- floating-gate
- Continuous availability
- Areal density (computer storage)
- Block (data storage)
- Object storage
- Direct-attached storage
- Network-attached storage
- Storage area network
- Block-level storage
- Single-instance storage
- Data
- Structured data
- Unstructured data
- Big data
- Metadata
- Data compression
- Data corruption
- Data cleansing
- Data degradation
- Data integrity
- Data security
- Data validation
- Data validation and reconciliation
- Data recovery
- Storage
- Data cluster
- Directory
- Shared resource
- File sharing
- File system
- Clustered file system
- Distributed file system
- Distributed file system for cloud
- Distributed data store
- Distributed database
- Database
- Data bank
- Data storage
- Data store
- Data deduplication
- Data structure
- Data redundancy
- Replication (computing)
- Memory refresh
- Storage record
- Information repository
- Knowledge base
- Computer file
- Object file
- File deletion
- File copying
- Backup
- Core dump
- Hex dump
- Data communication
- Information transfer
- Temporary file
- Copy protection
- Digital rights management
- Volume (computing)
- Boot sector
- Master boot record
- Volume boot record
- GUID Partition Table
- Disk array
- Disk image
- Disk mirroring
- Disk aggregation
- Disk partitioning
- Memory segmentation
- Locality of reference
- Logical disk
- Storage virtualization
- Virtual memory
- Memory-mapped file
- Software entropy
- Software rot
- In-memory database
- In-memory processing
- Persistence (computer science)
- Persistent data structure
- RAID
- Non-RAID drive architectures
- Memory paging
- Bank switching
- Grid computing
- Cloud computing
- Cloud storage
- Fog computing
- Edge computing
- Dew computing
- Amdahl's law
- Moore's law
- Kryder's law
| heading2 = Volatile
| list3title = RAM
| list3 =
- Hardware cache
- CPU cache
- Scratchpad memory
- DRAM
- eDRAM
- SDRAM
- SGRAM
- DDR
- GDDR
- LPDDR
- QDRSRAM
- EDO DRAM
- XDR DRAM
- RDRAM
- HBM
- SRAM
- 1T-SRAM
- ReRAM
- QRAM
- Content-addressable memory (CAM)
- Computational RAM
- VRAM
- Dual-ported RAM
- Video RAM (dual-ported DRAM)
| list4title = Historical
| list4 =
- Williams–Kilburn tube (1946–1947)
- Delay-line memory (1947)
- Mellon optical memory (1951)
- Selectron tube (1952)
- Dekatron
- T-RAM (2009)
- Z-RAM (2002–2010)
| heading5 = Non-volatile
| list6title = ROM
| list6 =
- Diode matrix
- MROM
- PROM
- EPROM
- EEPROM
- ROM cartridge
- Solid-state storage (SSS)
- Flash memory is used in:
- Solid-state drive (SSD)
- Solid-state hybrid drive (SSHD)
- USB flash drive
- IBM FlashSystem
- Flash Core Module
- Memory card
- Memory Stick
- CompactFlash
- PC Card
- MultiMediaCard
- SD card
- SIM card
- SmartMedia
- Universal Flash Storage
- SxS
- MicroP2
- XQD card
- Programmable metallization cell
| list7title = NVRAM
| list7 =
| list8title = Early-stage NVRAM
| list8 =
| list9title = Analog recording
| list9 =
- Phonograph cylinder
- Phonograph record
- Quadruplex videotape
- Vision Electronic Recording Apparatus
- Magnetic recording
- Magnetic storage
- Magnetic tape
- Magnetic-tape data storage
- Tape drive
- Tape library
- Digital Data Storage (DDS)
- Videotape
- Cassette tape
- Linear Tape-Open
- Betamax
- 8 mm video format
- DV
- MiniDV
- MicroMV
- U-matic
- VHS
- S-VHS
- VHS-C
- D-VHS
- Hard disk drive
| list10title = Optical
| list10 =
- 3D optical data storage
- Optical disc
- LaserDisc
- Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA)
- CD
- CD Video
- CD-R
- CD-RW
- Video CD
- Super Video CD
- Mini CD
- Nintendo optical discs
- CD-ROM
- Hyper CD-ROM
- DVD
- DVD+R
- DVD-Video
- DVD card
- DVD-RAM
- MiniDVD
- HD DVD
- Blu-ray
- Ultra HD Blu-ray
- Holographic Versatile Disc
- WORM
| list11title = In development
| list11 =
- CBRAM
- Racetrack memory
- NRAM
- Millipede memory
- ECRAM
- Patterned media
- Holographic data storage
- Electronic quantum holography
- 5D optical data storage
- DNA digital data storage
- Universal memory
- Time crystal
- Quantum memory
- UltraRAM
| list12title = Historical
| list12 =
- Paper data storage (1725)
- Punched card (1725)
- Punched tape (1725)
- Plugboard
- Drum memory (1932)
- Magnetic-core memory (1949)
- Plated-wire memory (1957)
- Core rope memory (1960s)
- Thin-film memory (1962)
- Disk pack (1962)
- Twistor memory (~1968)
- Bubble memory (~1970)
- Floppy disk (1971)
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