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Is the hard drive ROM?

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Michel LATOUFFE Posted messages 5096 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   -
Is the hard drive ROM?
I have a metaphysical question ;-) Can we say that an computer's hard drive is read-only memory (ROM)? (in the sense that read-only memory is a storage area for data that is not erased when the computer is turned off).
Thank you for your answer (this might settle a quarrel among computer scientists :D

Madjic

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    lermite222 Posted messages 9042 Status Contributor 1 199
     
    Hello,
    much to your metaphysics' dismay, the hard drive IS NOT ROM, ROM stands for Read Only Memory, which can only be read, whereas the hard drive can read and modify data.
    Does that answer your question?
    See you later,
    Louis
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    1. Madjic
       
      Non Read Access Memory => it's RAM
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      1. blux Posted messages 2049 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   3 455 > Madjic
         
        And in this case, it's Random Access Memory: RAM...

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        A+ Blux 
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