Advantages and disadvantages of virtual memory

What is virtual memory Virtual memory is the part of a hard drive and is extra memory that works with a combination of RAM (Random Access Memory). RAM is also known as the main memory or physical memory. The speed of the main memory is very fast as compared to virtual memory. Virtual Memory Diagram Suppose you are running some applications of windows e.g. you are running MS [...]

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What is virtual memory in operating system (OS)

There are two main storage memories in the computer system. One is RAM (Random access memory) also known as main memory other is secondary memory also known as a hard drive. Diagram of virtual memory All the computer programs are stored in the main memory while running. The CPU (central processing unit) or processor get programs data from the main memory. The main memory is a type of [...]

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