Warp wrote:
>   AFAIK the term RAM implies read/write access, as opposed to the term ROM,
> which is read-only. The two terms are never mixed.

That's a very common perception, but technically incorrect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM

Typically, yes, people refer to volatile cell-writable memory as "RAM" 
because that's for the most part the only kind of RAM desktop type 
machines have these days. E.g., the BIOS isn't big enough to make a 
significant difference in calculating how much RAM memory you have, but 
it is indeed RAM.

There's also the phrase "DASD" - Direct Access Storage Device, which 
basically means seekable disk (or drum) rather than tape or punched 
cards or something sequential like that.

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