#Memory
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Hardware Basics #3: Memory — RAM, the Hierarchy, and What Happens When Swapping Starts
What RAM is and why it is volatile, the memory hierarchy from registers to disk, and how performance falls off a cliff when memory runs short and the system spills to swap. Understand memory as behavior, not as a capacity number.
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JavaScript Advanced #5 Memory Model and GC
How JavaScript manages memory — the reachability-based garbage collector and the leak patterns where objects survive without you noticing.