RAM You probably know your computer has something called RAM which is where documents and programs live just temporarily while you're running them 'cause RAM tends to be pretty fast and whereas your hard disk is where programs and files live permanently.

也许你知道电脑有一个,正在使用的程序和文件都暂时存放在那里,而且会加快电脑速度,而硬盘是程序和文件,永久存储的地方。

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But the bits that actually compose those files and folders are in fact exactly where you left them.

但是组成这些文件和文件夹的字节,还在原来的地方存储着。

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This is different from the hard disk, which is where files and stuff are permanently stored.

这个和硬盘是不一样的，那是存储,文件之类的东西的。

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Text is where the zeros and ones that compose your file are actually stored.

文本是那些二进制,构成的存储文件。

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