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The [[hierarchical]] arrangement of [[computer storage|storage]] in current [[computer architecture]]s is called the '''memory hierarchy'''. It is designed to take advantage of [[memory locality]] in [[computer program]]s. Each level of the hierarchy is of higher [[speed]] and lower [[latency (engineering)|latency]], and is of smaller size, than lower levels.