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complementary metal oxide semiconductor random access memoryA small, battery-backed memory bank in a personal computer used to contain the PC's configuration information (time, date, and system information, such as drive types). CMOS RAM is memory made of CMOS chips, which, because of their low power requirements, are increasingly being used for main memory in portable computers.

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