Usually means: Primary storage for active data.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. main memory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. main memory: Collins English Dictionary
  3. main memory: Wordnik
  4. main memory: Wiktionary
  5. main memory: Dictionary.com
  6. Main memory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. main memory: FreeDictionary.org
  8. main memory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. main memory: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Main Memory: CCI Computer
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  5. main memory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (main memory)

noun:  (computing) The primary volatile memory of a computer, not including memory cache, persistent disk storage, or external storage.

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