# Addressable Memory The basis idea is that in order to get data from memory, you need to address it. So, the CPU is going to send an address to the memory and then the memory will give up the data that is contained in that memory location. --- Date: 20210713 Links to: [Computer Science MOC](Computer%20Science%20MOC.md) Tags: #review References: * [What is addressable memory?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a1T2jK7XlM)