Well, Marcus asks, " How does computer memory work? "

“计算机内存是如何工作的？”

A novel way of making computer memories, using bacteria.

使用细菌。

And indeed that's what a computer's memory is ultimately doing.

这确实是计算机的内存最终在做的事情。

Your wardrobe is just like the computer's memory.

你的衣橱就像电脑的内存。

That's where computer memory comes in!

这就是计算机内存的用武之地！

We do, however, know all about how computer memories work.

然而，我们确实了解计算机存储器的工作原理。

Think of computer memory as really being driven by a whole bunch of switches that can either be turned on and off.

把计算机内存想象成是由一大堆开关驱动的，这些开关可以打开和关闭。

The data is stored in the computer’s memory.

【memory】数据存到计算机的存储器里了。

Well, what's the computer's memory going to look like?

那么，电脑的内存会是什么样子呢？

In a bitmap system, on the other hand, each and every pixel on the screen is controlled by bits in the computer's memory.

位图显示则相反，屏幕上的每一个像素都是由电脑内存控制的。

So what's going on underneath the hood in the computer's memory?

那么电脑内存里的引擎盖下面发生了什么？

The computer memory looked like this.

计算机内存看起来像这样。

A computer memory is basically a device containing elements that can exist in either of two states.

计算机内存基本上是一种包含可以两种状态中的任何一种存在的元素的设备。

When you hear people talking about how much RAM a computer has - that's the computer’s memory.

当您听到人们谈论计算机有多少 RAM 时，这就是计算机的内存。

Your " cache" is your temporary computer memory, a place where the computer " stores" data, or keeps data temporarily.

您的“缓存” 是您的临时计算机内存， 计算机“存储”数据或暂时保留数据的地方。

But in reality, programs have to be loaded into a computer's memory.

但实际上，程序必须加载到计算机的内存中。

The textual field became fluid and malleable, a potentially infinite expanse, or at least limited only by the computer's ever-expanding memory.

文本场变得流动且可塑，具有无限大的潜在扩展， 或者至少仅受计算机不断扩展的内存的限制。

A faster, larger and more flexible form of computer memory was needed.

需要一种更快、更大和更灵活的计算机内存形式。

That might be half of a computer's memory, just to run the OS!

那可能是计算机内存的一半，只是为了运行操作系统！

More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories.

我们的企业、政府和金融机构的运作越来越多地被只存在于计算机内存中的信息所掌控。