Virtual RAM
Swap or Phyical Memory kept on the hard drive for temporary overflow storage
Multi-Channel Memory
[Color-coded slots]
Dual, Triple or Quad channel
Matching sticks that balance load
Increase system throughput
ECC
Error Correcting Code
aka Parity Memory
Self-checking memory that corrects on the fly using parity check (bit arithmetic)
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
Constant updating, power consumption to stay active
SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic RAM
Keeps clock to time in/out cyclically
DDR
Double Data Rate SDRAM
Unique slot Pin/key placements
2x the Data per clock cycle
DDR2 (8GB/s), DDR3 (16GB/s), DDR4(64 GB/s), DDR5 (fastest)