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VIRTUAL MEMORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
Synonyms:
virtual memory; virtual storage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("virtual memory" is a kind of...):
computer memory; computer storage; memory; memory board; storage; store (an electronic memory device)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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