COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
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Question
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Memory-management technique that uses hard drive space as additional RAM
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Virtual Machine
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Virtualization
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Virtual Memory
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Virtualbox
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A swap file is a space set aside on the hard drive to be used as the virtual memory extension for the computer’s RAM. When the swap file is needed, it is sent back to RAM using a process called page swapping. This system ensures the computer’s OS and applications do not run out of real memory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answers. Technique to implement virtual memory where memory is divided into units of fixed size memory is Paging.
Detailed explanation-3: -The area of the hard drive used for virtual memory is called a swap file.
Detailed explanation-4: -If your computer doesn’t have enough RAM to run a program, your system may substitute memory from your HDD or SSD as virtual memory.
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