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virtual memory — ➔ memory * * * virtual memory UK US noun [U] (also virtual storage) IT ► the ability of a computer to use space on its hard drive as if it were part of its RAM (= the memory used to run programs): »You can speed up your shutdowns by verifying… … Financial and business terms
virtual memory — noun uncount COMPUTING space on a computer s HARD DRIVE that the software can use as a temporary place to store information … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Virtual memory — This article is about the computational technique. For the TBN game show, see Virtual Memory (game show). Virtual memory combines active RAM and inactive memory in disk form into a large range of contiguous addresses. In computing, virtual memory … Wikipedia
virtual memory — noun (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 • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
virtual memory — A memory management technique that allows information in physical memory to be swapped out to a hard disk if necessary. This technique provides applications with more memory space than is actually available in the computer. True virtual… … Dictionary of networking
virtual memory — virtualioji atmintis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. virtual memory; virtual storage vok. virtueller Speicher, m rus. виртуальная память, f pranc. mémoire virtuelle, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
virtual memory — virtualioji atmintis statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Programiniu būdu sukurta tariamoji atmintis, kurią kompiuterio programos naudoja kaip ↑operatyviąja atmintį. Iš tikrųjų tik dalis virtualiosios atminties yra operatyviojoje atmintyje.… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
virtual memory — N UNCOUNT Virtual memory is a computing technique in which you increase the size of a computer s memory by arranging or storing the data in it in a different way. [COMPUTING] … English dictionary
Virtual memory/rewrite — Virtual memory is a computer system technique that gives an application program the impression it has contiguous working memory, while in fact it is physically fragmented and may even overflow on to disk storage. Systems which use this technique… … Wikipedia
Virtual Memory (game show) — Virtual Memory is a game show broadcast on Trinity Broadcasting Network. It has been on the air since 2000. It is hosted by Jamie Alexander. All questions on Virtual Memory are related to the Bible.Virtual Memory airs without commercials, opting… … Wikipedia
Virtual Memory System — Virtual Memory System/OpenVMS Basisdaten Entwickler Digital Equipment Corporation Version … Deutsch Wikipedia
