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Paging is generally when parts of computer memory are moved to swap files. Windows uses a huge swap file to allow for more memory addresses than which actually exist. Or, in other situations, it is when there is more memory than the CPU can address at once. So an area of memory known as a page frame swaps between the memory that cannot normally be accessed and that which can be accessed.
Fragmentation is when data such as memory or computer files are split into multiple locations. In most cases, a file or memory block being contiguous is the most efficient way to store or access it. Suppose you have a number of small files in different places, and then delete them. Then suppose that you copy in a much larger file. It is possible that the file could get copied into all the different spaces where the small but scattered files were deleted. So now, you have a large file that is scattered all over the hard drive.
The relationship between the two terms is that paging memory to swap files can cause disk fragmentation. As the swap file grows, if there are no more contiguous places to put it, it will get broken up and placed wherever it will fit.
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What type of fragmentation is there in paging and why?
external fragmentation use in paging
What difference between paging?
Difference between paging and what?
When could fragmentation of the paging file occur?
If a paging file resides on a partition that contains other data, it may experience fragmentation as it expands to satisfy the extra virtual memory that is required.
Which one produces better solution for fragmentation segmentation or paging?
Paging generally produces better solutions for fragmentation compared to segmentation. This is because paging eliminates external fragmentation by dividing memory into fixed-size pages, allowing processes to be loaded into any available memory frame. In contrast, segmentation can lead to external fragmentation as segments can vary in size, potentially leaving unusable gaps in memory. Therefore, while both methods manage memory allocation, paging is often more efficient in handling fragmentation issues.
What is a Difference between default paging and custom paging?
Default paging is what it already comes with. It is a pre-made template, while custom paging would be ones on ideas and creativity.
What is difference between paging and swapping?
Nothing -- they are the same thing.
When does fragmentation of the paging file occur?
Because sharks get their teeth cleamed by fish in the sea weed
What performance-degrading issue is that the paging file subject to if it moved to a partition containing data?
Fragmentation
Give one reason you should make the paging file maximum size the same as the paging file initial size?
In order to prevent page file fragmentation.
The technique of swapping items between memory and storage?
It is paging.
Why paging is used?
Paging is solution to external fragmentation problem whichis to permit the logical address space of a process to benoncontiguous, thus allowing a process to be allocatingphysical memory wherever the latter is available.
Why paging used?
Paging is solution to external fragmentation problem whichis to permit the logical address space of a process to benoncontiguous, thus allowing a process to be allocatingphysical memory wherever the latter is available.
