COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

MEMORY SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Breaking logical memory into blocks of the same size is called as:
A
Frames
B
Pages
C
Segments
D
Blocks
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The basic idea behind paging is to divide physical memory into a number of equal sized blocks called frames, and to divide a programs logical memory space into blocks of the same size called pages.

Detailed explanation-2: -Logical memory is the address space, assigned to a logical partition, that the operating system perceives as its main storage.

Detailed explanation-3: -The physical memory is broken down into groups of equal size called page frames and the logical memory is divided into pages of the same size. The programs are also considered to be split into pages.

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