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virtual memory virtual storage /dev/drum Memoria virtual Memory maps

(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses WordNet 3.0

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In computing, virtual memory, or virtual storage is a memory management technique that provides an "idealized abstraction of the storage resources that are actually available on a given machine" which "creates the illusion to users of a very large memory". Wikipedia

A memory management technique that abstracts the memory address space in a computer Wikipedia Disambiguation

Operating system level memory management technique Wikidata

Memory that appears to be RAM but is being simulated (by a process called paging) on a hard disk; allows a computer to operate as if it had more memory than it actually does, but with some loss of performance. Wiktionary

Memory that appears to be RAM but is being simulated. Wiktionary (translation)

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memory

storage

PART OF

memory

HAS KIND

Kernel virtual address space

CATEGORY DOMAIN

computer science

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

virtual memory, virtual storage