Chapter 4 - RAM Flashcards

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Virtual Memory

A

built into every OS, is a portion of mass storage(hard drive) that acts as memory. Should only be used when physical memory is exhausted.

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Paging file is what?

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Is the part of a hard drive that is used to make virtual memory or virtual RAM.

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3
Q

Swap file means what?

A

Virtual Memory

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4
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Swap file usage

A

using the swap file can really slow down your system.

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