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virtual memory acts as additional memory to support ur ram when it runs out of the required memory needed by program.

it is taken up from the hard drive u specify and when it is needed it is used. u can also change the size of virtual memory in ur PC, bt most of the time it is automatically done by the os in order to maintain the performance of the machine.

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