How do you measure the memory of a computer?

A kilobyte (KB) is 1,024 bytes, not one thousand bytes as might be expected, because computers use binary (base two) math, instead of a decimal (base ten) system. Computer storage and memory is often measured in megabytes (MB) and gigabytes (GB).Jan 7, 2013 read more

There are three types of memory, video, storage and RAM. Storage memory is on your hard drive and is used to store everything that's software or virtual on your computer, such as programs, files, settings, etc. If it's part of your computer and you can't throw it out of the window, it's software. read more

It’s measured in number of addressable memory locations (typically by bytes), and the width of each word (typically in bits). Each address bit for memory can access 2 times more memory, so 16 address bits can access 2 to the 16 power, or 65636 (64k) addresses, 20 bits could access 2 the 20 power, or 1,048,576 (1 meg) locations and so forth. read more

As can be seen in the example below of the Windows 7 Task Manager tab the screen gives you an overview of the CPU Usage, memory, and other good system information. Windows Resource Monitor Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 users can open the Windows Resource Monitor from the Performance tab by clicking the Resource Monitor button, or the Open Resource Monitor link. read more