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The memory is generally designed to store and retrieve data or information in word-length quantities.Consider an example, a byte-addressable computer whose instructions generate 32-bit addresses. When a 32-bit address is sent from the processor to the memory unit, the high- order 30 bits determine which word will be accessed. If a byte quantity is specified, the low-order 2 bits of the address specify which byte location is involved. The basic characteristics of any memory can be the following- 1)volatile or nonvolatile 2)cost 3)access time and cycle time 4)mode of access and 5)storage mode         . Since there is lots of different type of memories so we cannot justify that  which type of characteristics are suitable for particular memory or for all different kind of memories. But the given characteristics are common for all the different types(memory). We should always be careful about the memory hierarchy and type of memory when we are going to define it's characteristics