Explain the meaning of virtual memory.
Answer
Virtual memory is an approach to make use of the secondary storage
devices as an extension of the primary storage of the computer.
It is the process of increasing the apparent size of a computer's RAM by using a
section of the hard disk storage as an extension of RAM.
Logically-assigned memory that may or may not exist physically. Through the use
of paging and the swap area, more memory can be referenced and allocated than
actually exists on the system, thus giving the appearance of a larger main
memory than actually exists.
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