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Glossary: Computer Hardware Basics

DDR

Also written: double data rate, DDR4, DDR5, DDR6

The family of RAM generations (double data rate), such as DDR4 and DDR5. Each generation is faster and has its notch in a different place, so modules only fit a board of the same generation.

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MT/sLPDDRDIMMsSO-DIMMs