The document provides a history of computer memory technologies, beginning with delay line memory developed in the 1940s. Random access memory technologies then emerged in the late 1940s, including magnetic core memory which allowed memory retention after power loss. Magnetic core memory became the standard through the 1960s until being replaced by semiconductor memory. The document also defines different types of computer memory including primary memory (RAM, cache), secondary memory (hard disks), tertiary memory (CDs, DVDs), and offline memory (removable storage). It describes the roles of RAM and ROM in memory and defines cache memory as faster memory used to store frequently accessed data and instructions.