Computer memory

Memory can be viewed as a giant collection of cells. Each cell is a single byte of data and has own address, where one number greater than the previous cell’s address.

	0	1	2	3	4
0	1000	1001	1002	1003	1004
1	1005	1006	1007	1008	1009
2	1010	1011	1012	1013	1014
…	…	…	…	…	…

Facts about computer memory

A computer can jump to any memory address in one step.

When computer allocate an array, it also stores arrays address, at which memory addresses the array begins.

References

• What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1