Editing Data degradation (section)

===Primary storages===
Data degradation in [[dynamic random-access memory]] (DRAM) can occur when the [[electric charge]] of a [[bit]] in DRAM disperses, possibly altering program code or stored data. DRAM may be altered by [[cosmic ray]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanl.gov/science/NSS/issue1_2012/story4full.shtml|title=The Invisible Neutron Threat {{!}} National Security Science Magazine|website=Los Alamos National Laboratory|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> or other high-energy particles. Such data degradation is known as a [[soft error]].<ref name="O'Gorman_1996"/> [[ECC memory]] can be used to mitigate this type of data degradation.<ref name="Normand_1996"/>