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What part of the operating system also known as virtual memory is contained in its own partition in linux?
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∙ 11y ago
Your question does not make sense.
But anyway, virtual memory is basically using harddrive space as fake memory larger than ram. Linux have option to place it on separate partition for efficiency. If you let it use a file, double management of file and virtual memory must be managed.
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How do you delete virtual memory?
Don't delete the virtual memory. It is essential to the running of your operating system.
When does the operating system creates virtual memory?
when the actual memory is full
What operating system doesn't use virtual memory?
As per my memory these OS Ferrodo, Linux, centos won't operate virtual memory.
What is deffernce between virtual and physical memory?
The difference between virtual and physical memory is that virtual memory refers to memory space while physical memory are chips like RAM. The memory space for virtual memory is made by operating system when there is insufficient physical memory.
What is the name of the file the operating system uses when it moves data from random access memory to virtual memory?
A swap file is the file that an operating system uses when it is moving data. A computer creates this file when it is moving data from random access memory to virtual memory.
What are some acronyms for VME?
Some acronyms of vme would be virtual machine environment, which is an ICL operating system. It can also stand for virtual memory extension or virtual memory extended.
What can be the maximum size of virtual memory?
That depends on the operating system and computer architecture.
Is a virtual memory a special chip inside the hard disk?
No.Virtual memory is a file stored on the disk and managed by the operating system software. As needed the operating system copies blocks of internal memory out to this file to free internal memory and copies blocks from this file to internal memory when a program needs it again. To assist the operating system in this task the computer has to have virtual memory management hardware and interrupts.All of the hardware that is involved directly in the operation of virtual memory is part of the computer, not the harddisk.
How much space is reserved for virtual memory on different computers?
The space reserved for virtual memory varies on different computers. It depends on the operating system in use and how much system memory is available.
What is space on computers storage device that simulates additional RAM?
It might be called "reserved virtual memory space" or "virtual memory file", depending on the operating system.
What is virtul memory?
Vm-ware is the software allows us to install 2 O/S in your PC. Then we can use both operating systems by minimizing the window. It allows to use parallel Operating systems. sorry if the answer is not right.
What is virtual memmory?
Virtual memory is hardware that the computer uses to load the operating system and run all of the programs. It is stated that the more memory that the computer has, the faster the programs will run.
