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Desktop RAM Stick (DIMM)

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Desktop RAM Stick (DIMM)

The long circuit board that gives your computer short-term memory/Technology

A DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) is a printed circuit board holding multiple DRAM chips. Standard DDR5 DIMMs for desktop computers have 288 pins along the bottom edge. RAM provides the fast, volatile storage that the CPU uses for active tasks.

Measurements

Length1.3 tenths m
14.1 quintillionthsLight-years
10.5 billionthsEarth diameters
3.03Wine cork lengths
Height3.2 hundredths m
1.1 tenthsCelery stalks
2.7 thousandthsTelephone poles
5.8 thousandthsKing cobras
Thickness3 thousandths m
13.2 quadrillionthsMars orbit radii
1.3 millionthsNASCAR ovals
Mass3 hundredths kg
3 quintillionRhinovirus particles
60Hummingbird eggs
2.1 tenthsBaseball weights
Pin pitch850 millionths m
464 millionthsDining table lengths
1.9 billionthsGrand Canyon lengths
170 millionthsBalance beam lengths
DRAM chip thickness1 thousandths m
1.5 hundredthsTennis ball diameters
200,000iPhone transistors
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