Outline three differences between RAM and ROM

RAM is faster, primary memory, whereas ROM is secondary memoryRAM is volatile, whereas ROM is non-volatile, which is why ROM stores necessary information like the boot-up sequence.RAM stores applications currently in use, whereas ROM is used in the start-up process of a computer

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