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an extremely large main memory.
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an extremely large secondary memory.
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a type of memory used in super computers.
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an illusion of extremely large main memory.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Virtual memory is a scheme that gives users the illusion of working with a large block of contiguous memory space (perhaps even larger than real memory), when in actuality most of their work is on auxiliary storage (disk).
Detailed explanation-2: -Virtual Memory is a storage technique that creates an illusion to the user of a very large main memory. It creates an illusion that the secondary memory is also a part of the main memory. The extra memory other than the main memory which is used for storing the pages of processes is referred to as the Virtual Memory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virtual memory is an illusion of an extremely large memory.
Detailed explanation-4: -Virtual Memory is a storage mechanism which offers user an illusion of having a very big main memory. It is done by treating a part of secondary memory as the main memory. In Virtual memory, the user can store processes with a bigger size than the available main memory.