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It bothers me that we've lost the meaning of "memory" in the technical marketing of mobile gadgets. "Memory: 16 GB & 32 GB." Google, of course, means storage.
by taylorbuley 12y ago
It bothers me that we've lost the meaning of "memory" in the technical marketing of mobile gadgets.
"Memory: 16 GB & 32 GB." Google, of course, means storage.
- Pinn2 12y agoAt some point we'll have unified memory and storage anyway. Our brains are already unified in our perception of memory, so I have no problem telling people the storage amount as "memory".
- KaoruAoiShiho 12y agoOur brains are not unified. Separating long and short memory makes a lot of sense.
- 72deluxe 12y agoI hope not! All that rubbish we put in RAM doesn't need permanently storing! That's why the distinction exists, plus writing to non-volatile permanent storage systems is slower. Much slower.
- rtpg 12y agoThis confusion has existed since the beginning of consumer PCs. Loads of people mix up RAM and HDD space (probably because they're the same units)
- Raphael 12y agoYeah, the name of flash memory ruins the shorthand of "memory" meaning "volatile memory". As you point out, "storage" is still a good term for persistent memory.