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When your PC runs of of physical memory - it uses the hard drive as memory so it's much slower when it gets to that point.
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What does the computer use when RAM is full?
Virtual memory, the answer is virtual memory.
How do you install msdos virtual memory?
MS-DOS itself does not support virtual memory. Some applications that use DPMI can use virtual memory; all you as a user need to do is provide a copy of the DPMI host.
What is the use of virtual memory?
Virtual memory is used to increase the size of working memory in the system main memory by using the locations in secondary storage such as harddisk.
What operating system doesn't use virtual memory?
As per my memory these OS Ferrodo, Linux, centos won't operate virtual memory.
How can you prevent a specific application in Windows from being relegated to virtual memory?
YOU CAN'T! Virtual memory is a system that is always in use and cannot be disabled. It is not the pagefile and it is not an extension of physical memory. Applications use virtual memory exclusively and never access RAM directly.
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.
What is virtual memory on an Apple product?
The virtual memory on an Apple computer varies between machine and user. While virtual memory can be useful, it can also cause your computer to run more slowly. By default, other Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPod, do not use virtual memory.
Does virtual memory use available ram?
Yes!
If you buy a solid state hard drive does your computer use it as memory too?
You can use it for virtual memory,but you need memory still.
What memory allows you to use more memory than is physically available on your computer?
Virtual
How do you read virtual memory?
Find a virtual psychic to read your virtual memory.
