Memory

~What does RAM stand for?

RAM stands for random access memory.

~Explain why RAM is needed in game platforms.

Through RAM a console can start processing what is needed to run the game being played, RAM takes the role of the initial memory.

~There is different memory in game platforms and hardware such as graphics cards, explain why this is.

Graphics cards have their own RAM to specialise in displaying better quality graphics and framerate, whereas the RAM in a game platform must also deal with other processes and calculations that the game demands.