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Ram compression called CRAM? I'm sold
The person who came up with this acronym is probably proud of their work lol
Now the fun part. What would Microsoft name it?
Copilot
Microsoft MemoryOne X Expansion Framework Subsystem. And it would require 64GB of RAM to do the compression, thus defeating the purpose of it existing in the first place, would break whenever the Edge browser updates for no discernible reason, and would about once a year cause your Documents folder to disappear.
CRAP
( C )opilot ( R )AM ( A )utomated ( P )owerup
MSCrap
How dare you! Microsoft would never publish software that utilizes system resources so well.
I 'member when microsoft ripped off stacker and called it drivespace.
As I recall they bought themselves out of it for a measly $100k and renamed it doublespace.
cram it all in there!
Desperately looks for a cranberry pun…