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They stay in working memory until they are cleared. They are cleared when the program that uses them is closed or when you shut down the device. Note that some (really) ancient computers (c. 1950s) actually have working memory that retains data even when powered down (i.e. those with magnetic core memory).

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It decays, and there is no mempry trace left

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