What's the difference between Free and Available Memory in Windows?

What's the difference between Free and Available Memory in Windows?

No Comments Computer memory, more commonly referred to as RAM (Random Access Memory), is the part of your machine that stores the files and programs that are currently being or have recently been used by your PC. When your PC needs to run a program, it loads it from your hard drive and stores it temporarily in your RAM. Here it will remain until your computer is finished with running the program, or the the PC is shut down. Everything stored in RAM is lost when your PC turns off. Memory Usage in Windows XP In simpler terms, RAM is the workspace your PC uses to store and run active programs and files. The larger your workspace, the more programs it can handle and the faster your PC will run them. However, this can become a bit confusing for users of Windows XP and onward. For these users, Windows will display four categories of RAM under your memory usage statistics: Free, Available, Cached, and Total. Total memory is self-explanatory.

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