main storage

main memory

noun Computers.
program-addressable storage that is directly controlled by and generally contained in the CPU: except for cache storage, the fastest type of storage available to any computer system.
Also called main storage, primary memory.
Formerly, core memory.
Compare real storage.
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Main storage is always a great word to know.
So is format. Does it mean:
a program code unrelated to the hardware of a computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used
the arrangement of data for computer input or output, such as the number and size of fields in a record or the spacing and punctuation of information in a report
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