What kind of memory temporarily stores the program and data that the CPU is actively using?

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Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)Read-Only Memory (ROM)Random Access Memory (RAM)American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)Cache Memory

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RAM (Random Access Memory) is the type of memory that temporarily holds the program and data currently being processed by the CPU. Unlike ROM, which is permanent, RAM is volatile and allows the CPU quick access to information it needs immediately. CMOS is used for storing BIOS settings, while ASCII is a character encoding standard.