Page File and Virtual Memory

Describe the relationship between a page file, and virtual memory on a Windows operating systems.

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kumar1974

  • Apr 17th, 2008
 

Virtual memory is the memory taken form hard disk.

Swap: When the programme excuting in the main memory is completly shifted to Virtual Memory for the execution. Then it is called the Swaping.


Paging: When the programme executing in the main memory is shifted  partly  and  executed in the Virtual Memory. Then it is called Paging.

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