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'''VRAM''' is a common abbreviation for '''Video Random Access Memory''', which is memory in a computer system that holds the pixels and other information displayed on a computer monitor. This is often different technology than other computer memory, to facilitate being read rapidly to draw the image. In some systems this memory cannot be read/written using the same methods as normal memory,; it is not [[memory mapped]].

The term "VRAM" sometimes means a specific technology used in the 1980's to implement it, [[Video RAM (dual-ported DRAM)|Dual-ported DRAM]].