(computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors
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ram disk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Unix-like systems can use a RAM disk or network shared resource as its root directory.
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The AmigaOS has a dynamically-sized RAM disk, which resizes itself automatically to its contents.
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Other files could be copied to the RAM disk like any standard device for quick modification and retrieval.
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For software-based secondary storage, see RAM disk.
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For this reason, a read-only file system is often merged with a temporary writable file system in the form of a RAM disk.
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The hybrid RAM disk uses a large buffer of volatile SDRAM memory with battery backup instead of flash memory to cache hard disk data during normal use.
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Starting with AmigaOS 2.x, operating System configuration files were loaded into the RAM disk on boot, greatly speeding operating system usage.
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Also beginning in AmigaOS 2.x, the RAM disk supported file-change notification, which was mostly used to monitor prefs files for changes.
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The AmigaOS also has support for a fixed-capacity recoverable RAM disk, which functions as a standard RAM disk, but can maintain its contents on soft restart.
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