| English | Spanish |
| available memory | memoria disponible (Memory that is not allocated to any program) |
| compact disc read-only memory | disco compacto de memoria de solo lectura (A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics instead of magnetic means for reading data) |
| direct memory access | acceso directo a memoria (A technology that allows certain devices, such as hard disks and CD or DVD drives, to transfer information directly through the computer's memory without using the computer's processor. DMA improves the performance of the device and frees the computer's processor so it can perform other tasks) |
| dual inline memory module | módulo de memoria DIMM (A type of memory board comprised of RAM chips mounted on a circuit board with a 64-bit data path and pins on each side that are on different circuits and that respond to different signals) |
| Dynamic Memory | Memoria dinámica (A Hyper-V feature in which the memory available to a running virtual machine is adjusted in response to changes in the amount of memory required by the virtual machine) |
| dynamic random access memory A form of semiconductor random access memory (RAM) | DRAM (memoria dinámica de acceso aleatorio) |
| electrically erasable programmable read-only memory | memoria EEPROM (A type of EPROM that can be erased with an electrical signal. It is useful for stable storage for long periods without electricity while still allowing reprogramming. EEPROMs contain less memory than RAM, take longer to reprogram, and can be reprogrammed only a limited number of times before wearing out) |
| expanded memory | memoria expandida (Type of memory that can be added to IBM personal computers. The use of expanded memory is defined by the Expanded Memory Specification (EMS), which supports memory boards containing RAM that can be enabled or disabled by software) |
| extended memory | memoria extendida (Memory beyond one megabyte in 80286, 80386, 80486, and Pentium computers) |
| flash memory card | tarjeta de memoria flash (A device used by many digital cameras to store pictures and video. Flash memory cards store computer information such as text, pictures, and music, and can be copied, erased, and used many times) |
| graphics memory | memoria de gráficos (A type of memory used by video cards to store information that will be displayed on a monitor. The amount of video memory dictates the maximum resolution and color depth available for the display) |
| high memory | memoria alta (Memory locations addressed by the largest numbers) |
| in-memory metabase | metabase en memoria (An image of the Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase that has been loaded from disk into the computer's random access memory (RAM) and is used while IIS is running) |
| in-memory patching | aplicar revisión en memoria (The process of installing updates onto computers without having to restart the server) |
| low memory problem | problema de memoria insuficiente (A difficulty in computer operation caused by insufficient memory resources) |
| main memory | memoria principal (The amount of memory physically installed on your device (as opposed to on a storage card)) |
| memory address | dirección de memoria (A portion of computer memory that can be allocated to a device or used by a program or the operating system. Devices are usually allocated a range of memory addresses) |
| memory card | tarjeta de memoria (In a server cluster, a resource that can act as the cluster's quorum resource. To be quorum-capable, a resource must provide shared storage and a means of persistent arbitration. The cluster service defines only physical disk resources as quorum-capable) |
| memory clerk | distribuidor de memoria (A memory management component that allocates memory) |
| memory leak | pérdida de memoria (A condition that occurs when an application allocates memory for use but does not free allocated memory when finished) |
| memory map | asignación de memoria (A representation of the layout of objects in an area of memory) |
| memory-mapped I/O | E/S asignada a la memoria (Input/output memory (memory on hardware devices) that is accessible through a memory mapping) |
| memory pressure | presión de memoria (The demand placed on the memory subsystem by an application) |
| memory-resident | residente en memoria (Permanently located in a computer's memory, rather than swapped in and out of memory as needed) |
| memory-resident program | programa residente en memoria (A program that remains loaded in memory even when it is not running, so that it can be quickly invoked for a specific task performed while another program is operating) |
| Memory Usage | Uso de memoria (In Task Manager, the current working set of a process, in kilobytes. The current working set is the number of pages currently resident in memory) |
| Memory Usage Delta | Diferencia de uso de memoria (In Task Manager, the change in memory, in kilobytes, used since the last update) |
| nonpaged memory | memoria no paginada (Memory that cannot be paged to disk) |
| non-uniform memory access | acceso a memoria no uniforme (Access by a CPU of local as well as foreign memory. This process, which is enabled by NUMA architecture, results in different access speeds) |
| nonvolatile memory | memoria permanente (A storage system that does not lose data when power is removed from it) |
| Peak Memory Usage | uso máximo de la memoria (In Task Manager, the peak amount of physical memory resident in a process since it started) |
| physical memory | memoria física (The amount of RAM memory in a system, as distinguished from virtual memory) |
| pool memory | memoria agrupada (Regions located in system space from which memory blocks can be dynamically allocated and deallocated) |
| random access memory | memoria de acceso aleatorio (The temporary storage area the computer uses to run programs and store data. Information stored in RAM is temporary and is designed to be erased when the computer is turned off) |
| random access memory cache | caché en RAM (Cache memory that is used by the system to store and retrieve data from the RAM. Frequently accessed segments of data may be stored in the cache for quicker access compared with secondary storage devices such as disks) |
| read-only memory | memoria de solo lectura (A semiconductor circuit that contains information that cannot be modified) |
| Remote Direct Memory Access | acceso directo a memoria remota (A networking feature that lets one computer directly place information into the memory of another computer) |
| reprogrammable read-only memory | memoria reprogramable de solo lectura (A nonvolatile memory chip that is programmed after it is manufactured) |
| scatter/gather direct memory access | acceso directo a memoria de dispersión o recopilación (A form of direct memory access (DMA) in which data is transferred to and from noncontiguous ranges of physical memory) |
| small outline dual inline memory module | módulo de memoria SO-DIMM (A smaller version of a DIMM used in laptops) |
| storage memory | memoria de almacenamiento (Memory that is similar to a RAM disk on a desktop computer. It is used to store data and nonsystem applications) |
| translation memory | memoria de traducción (A storage area that shows the association between text segments in a source language and their translations into one or more target languages) |
| video memory | memoria de vídeo (A type of memory used by video cards to store information that will be displayed on a monitor. The amount of video memory dictates the maximum resolution and color depth available for the display) |
| virtual memory | memoria virtual (Temporary storage used by a computer to run programs that need more memory than is physically installed on the computer) |
| Virtual Memory Size | tamaño de memoria virtual (In Task Manager, the amount of virtual memory, or address space, committed to a process) |
| virtual printer memory | memoria virtual de la impresora (In a PostScript printer, a part of memory that stores font information. The memory in PostScript printers is divided into two areas: banded memory and virtual memory. The banded memory contains graphics and page-layout information needed to print your documents. The virtual memory contains any font information that is sent to your printer either when you print a document or when you download fonts) |
| Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool | Herramienta de diagnóstico de memoria de Windows (A feature of Windows Vista that can automatically detect and resolve problems caused by defective physical memory. If the diagnostics module identifies a memory problem, Windows Vista can avoid using the affected portion of physical memory, enabling the operating system to start successfully and avoid application crashes) |
| Windows Memory Tester | Herramienta de comprobación de memoria de Windows (A Boot Configuration Data (BCD) application object) |
