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Is used by BIOS and device drivers?
Upper Memory
What is used by BIOS and device drivers?
Upper Memory
What type of memory is used by most computers when the amount of RAM needed exceeds the RAM available?
That would be virtual memory. Its when your the excess data is stored on your harddrive. A section of your harddrive is reserved for this purpose. Though virtual memory isn't as fast as normal RAM.
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.
How does virtual memory management assist in the process of multitasking?
Virtual memory management assist in the process of multitasking by providing extra memory when a computer has used up all its RAM. Virtual memory is however slower than RAM.
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.
Does freeing up memory improve computer performance?
Computers operate best when they have "system memory" free and are not relying on virtual memory (which uses a hard drive as additional system memory). If you have a system with 1GB of installed system memory, and you are using 1.25GB of allocated memory, then freeing up 0.25GB of used system memory would improve performance by reducing virtual memory usage. Conversely, if you have 2.0GB of installed memory, and you are using 1.25GB of allocated memory, then freeing 0.25GB of used memory would have no appreciable effect since virtual memory is not being used by the system. Final answer: If you are using virtual memory, then freeing enough memory to eliminate the virtual memory usage will improve performance, but freeing up more than that amount will have no appreciable effect.
Is it possible for a computer to run out of memory with a virtual memory?
Yes. Virtual memory is used when there's not enough RAM in your system. It's just hard drive space that the PC sees as RAM. It is much much slower than RAM though. You could run out of memory if you are running enough programs that your use up all your RAM and your virtual memory is used up.
What allows a computer to turn free space on a hard disk into temporary RAM?
I think virtual memory is a place on the hard drive used for memory other than the ram so virtual memory is it.
What technique can be used to handle memory fragmentation in the Mac OS?
Implement virtual memory, close all open applications, open your least-used application first and then most used last, and shut down and restart the computer.
Why does your sony VAIO laptop not show all its fitted memory?
Most likely, the system is set up to use some of its RAM as Video Memory. Many laptops come with graphics chipsets that are built into the motherboard, and that do not have their own video memory. In these cases, the BIOS can be used to configure how much RAM to use as Video Memory. If you have 1 gigabyte of RAM installed, and the BIOS is configured to use 256 megabytes for Video Memory, your computer may report that you have 768 megabytes of memory.
What is the part that has motherboard memory etc called?
The BIOS is part of the motherboard memory that is for many cases nonprogrammable and is used to boot up a computer system.
