Virtual Memory
Virtual memory is a model—one of many possible models—for managing the resource of physical memory, or main memory. Such management is necessary because a microprocessor, ...
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Swap File, Swap Space, Page Swapping
A swap file is a file used by an operating system, or a specific program, as part of the virtual memory exchange of information between the random-access memory (R...
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Virtual Memory
It is common for modern processors to be running multiple processes at one time. Each process has an address space associated with it. To create a whole complete address space for each ...
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Virtual Memory
Swap File, Swap Space, Page Swapping