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The size the virtual memory is determined by the size of the page file which saved in your hard disk. Virtual memory only uses the hard disk.
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Virtual memory is combination of ram and?
... and a storage device, usually the Hard Disk Drive. This way you can have more "available" memory than physical memory installed on your computer.
The process of optimizing RAM storage by borrowing hard drive space called?
It's called Virtual Memory. Not paging!
Where is data stored when it is in virtual memory?
Virtual memory, when not active, is written to a swapping area. The swapping area is often on a designated area of the system HDD (hard drive), or a separate HDD. If faster storage is available, it may also be on a designated semiconductor storage facility such as an SSD, SD or USB flash drive.
What is a another name for a primary storage?
RAM
What type of memory stores data in a swap file on a hard drive high memory virtual memory extended memory random access memory?
virtual memory
Memory is hard drive space that is made to act like memory?
virtual memory
Virtual memory is a method of simulating?
memory by using hard drive space
Difference between virtual memory and RAM?
Answer(Techsupport)Resolution: RAM and virtual memory are two different things. Virtual memory allows you to use a portion of your hard drive as though it were RAM. Your hard drive is up to 100 times slower than RAM, so virtual memory is much slower than RAM. When you upgrade your RAM, you can reduce or eliminate the use of virtual memory. Upgrading RAM makes memory available to complete tasks previously handled by virtual memory.
Is cache memory equal to virtual memory?
No! ; Cache memory is integrated in the CPU. Virtual memory is a part of the hard drive that the OS use as ram memory, when running out of real ram memory.
Is CPU consider as storage?
no. You have processor, memory and input/output. Storage would be memory, hard drive, DVD.
Where does virtual memory reside in a PC system?
your disk drive.
What is meant by the term virtual memory?
Virtual memory is referring to the RAM and the temporary space used on the hard drive. The other definition is the file on the hard drive used to simulate RAM.
