Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
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ISBN: 9781284123036
Author: Linda Null
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 37RETC

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Virtual memory:

  • Virtual memory is considered to be an imaginary memory location where the addressing issues are handled by the operating system.
  • It provides extended access to the Random Access Memory. The access is made possible using the page table by mapping the physical address that is present with that of the virtual.
  • The virtual address is represented using page number and offset.
  • The program contains its own private space for storing it data contents.

Advantages of virtual memory:

The below are the advantages of virtual memory:

  • The data and code can be shared in order to save the space.
  • It has a very simple memory management algorithm...

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