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Why a computer needs memory space when we use internet?

Actually I want to know if we are not downloading something like a video or news or a movie, and we watch it online, but if your computer has no memory space it couldn't comes to our screen, why a computer can't works like a Television where you can watch anything directly (can we say online) why a TV doesn't need any memory space to show us something....please answer me.

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  • 8 years ago
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    computer building of several electronic components which understands & works only 1's & 0's language. so operating system which is system software work as interpreter between us because we understand high level language. it converts it into 0 & 1 so machine understand 7 same back forth

    here we can store all this stuff in storage media call it hard disk which is not possible in T V.

    but hard disk drive speed is much slower that affects performance, we feel bored. so there is used a small memory called RAM which is as equal fast as processor. the data is required to processing means if we are watching movies through software or chatting with someone, there data regarding comes in RAM so processor works quickly. the output which we will see on screen also data format (.avi, .flv, .mp4) i.e. 0 & 1 so it everytimes require to covert in video signal means in graphics. video memory can be used for this.

    specially when we watching on-line videos then the download speed is slower then it rquires some space for buffering so we can play that video continuously.

    television which shows only that which are broadcast by channel providers. we can control or chooice on the content shows on TV. they directly use satellite for this purpose. in next future a smart tv which internet connectivity through satellite may be works like as you say.

  • 8 years ago

    Internet needs a platform to run and your OS is that platform. So, typically your OS needs the memory space. Then you use a prog. i.e Web Browser to run internet which also needs space. Then while you browse the web, the webpages that you open also have some specified size and to run/read/open that you need a temporary memory i.e your RAM.

    And in TVs also memory is used else you couldnt save your TV settings for later use.

    So, whatever electronics or electrical device you use need some sort of memory that may be very small say 1KB or 2KB but they do need.

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    4 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    The Operating System needs the Memory in order to work. ; )

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  • 8 years ago

    The local dist like : c:/ d:/ e:/ is full when you open a internet page the data go to the local disck so you have to give a space on the hard drive or the local disk it often c:/

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