'''Static random-access memory''' (SRAM) isi<ref>{{cite book|title=Computer organization.|publisher=McGraw-Hill|___location=[S.l.]|isbn=0-07-114323-8|edition=4th ed.}}</ref> s a type of [[semiconductor]] memory where the word ''static'' indicates that, unlike [[Dynamic random access memory|''dynamic'' RAM (DRAM)]], it does not need to be periodically [[memory refresh|refreshed]], as SRAM uses [[multivibrator|bistable]] [[latch (electronics)|latching circuitry]] to store each bit. SRAM exhibits [[data remanence]],<ref name="skorobogatov">{{cite journal|title=Low temperature data remanence in static RAM|author=Sergei Skorobogatov|publisher=University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory|date=June 2002|url=http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-536.html|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref> but is still [[volatile memory|''volatile'']] in the conventional sense that data is eventually lost when the memory is not powered.
