Components of a Memory Hierarchy registers (flip flops) - measured in words, managed by the compiler cache (SRAMs) - measured in Kbytes, managed by hardware main memory (DRAMs) - measured in Mbytes, managed by hardware disk - measured in Gbytes, managed by OS tape - measured in Gbytes and Tbytes, managed by system administrator

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