virtual memory
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An abstraction implemented by hardware and the operating system that allows a process to access a virtual address space, such as one that is larger than the available physical memory, by translating virtual addresses to physical memory locations.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Most modern computer architectures provide hardware support for virtual memory. Operating systems use virtual memory to provide support for large address spaces on systems with limited physical memory, to provide protection both within and between applications, to provide data sharing, and to provide artificial contiguity."