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- memory
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- bits
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# Basics of main memory
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In essence the main memory is just a large storage area for a bunch of binary digits. Each slot for a 0 or 1 is called a bit:
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> This is where the running kernal and processes reside - they're just big collections of bits. A CPU is just an operator on memory. It reads its instructions and data from the memory and writes back out to the memory. (Ward 2021)
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## References
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Ward, Brian. 2021. _How Linux works_. No Starch Press.
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