DDR

Abbreviation with 2 meanings

DDR
Stands forDeutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
Meanings2
CategoriesGeography & Places, Technology & Computing

DDR has two meanings. It stands for Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic) (country name) or Double data rate (computer hardware).

Meanings of DDR at a glance

#DDR stands forContext
1Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)Geography & Places › Country Name
2Double data rateTechnology & Computing › Computer Hardware

1. Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)

Geography & Places · Country Name Abbreviations

German abbreviation for East Germany, seen on its stamps, coins, vehicles and sports uniforms from 1949 to 1990. Nostalgia for everyday East German products and design is known in German as Ostalgie.

Example: The museum displays a Trabant with its original DDR registration plate.

English writing usually translates it as GDR. DDR also means Dance Dance Revolution, the arcade game, and double data rate memory in computing, so the context matters.

2. Double data rate

Technology & Computing · Computer Hardware Abbreviations

Type of SDRAM that transfers data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal, doubling bandwidth without raising the clock frequency. Generations from DDR to DDR5 have been the main memory of PCs since about 2000.

Example: Check whether the motherboard takes DDR4 or DDR5 before buying RAM.

JEDEC, the semiconductor standards body, defines each generation: DDR (2000), DDR2 (2003), DDR3 (2007), DDR4 (2014) and DDR5 (2020). Modules of different generations have the key notch in different places, so they cannot be installed in the wrong slot. Speeds are quoted in megatransfers per second (MT/s), often loosely written as MHz.

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