What does vRAM stand for?

• A. Virtual Read-Only Access Memory
• B. Virtual Random-access Memory
• C. Virtual RAM Access Memory
• D. Video Random-access Memory

Answer: (B)

vRAM stands for Video Random-Access Memory, the graphics card’s own memory used to store image data that the GPU needs to render frames. This memory is optimized for fast, parallel access to textures, frame buffers, and other graphics data, so the GPU can quickly read and write as it draws the screen. Keeping graphics data in dedicated VRAM helps prevent bottlenecks that would occur if the GPU had to fetch this data from system RAM. The descriptor “Video” identifies its purpose for graphics output, not “Virtual” memory (which is a separate OS-managed concept). The term isn’t about Read-Only memory, which would be ROM; VRAM is read-write memory used for dynamic graphics data.