virtual-memory swap file

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• virtual memory —    A memory management technique that allows information in physical memory to be swapped out to a hard disk if necessary.    This technique provides applications with more memory space than is actually available in the computer. True virtual… …   Dictionary of networking

• swap file — noun the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory • Syn: ↑swap space • Hypernyms: ↑disk space, ↑disc space * * * swap file noun (computing) An area of the hard disk of a computer into which any information not immediately required may be… …   Useful english dictionary

• temporary swap file —    A swap space that is created every time it is needed. A temporary swap file can consist of several discontinuous pieces of hard disk space. A temporary swap file does not occupy harddisk space if the application that created it is not running …   Dictionary of networking

• permanent swap file —    A swap file that, once created, is used over and over again. This file is used in virtual memory operations, in which hard disk space is used in place of RAM.    See also temporary swap file …   Dictionary of networking

• temporary swap file — temporary file on a disk whose area functions as virtual memory …   English contemporary dictionary

• permanent swap file — fixed area of a disk which functions as virtual memory …   English contemporary dictionary

• Memory address — A digital computer s memory, more specifically main memory, consists of many memory locations, each having a memory address, a number, analogous to a street address, at which computer programs store (except when the address is in mask ROM) and… …   Wikipedia

• Memory leak — A memory leak, in computer science (or leakage, in this context), occurs when a computer program consumes memory but is unable to release it back to the operating system. In object oriented programming, a memory leak happens when an object is… …   Wikipedia

• swap space —    On a hard disk, a file used to store parts of running programs that have been swapped out of memory temporarily to make room for other running programs. A swap file may be permanent, always occupying the same amount of hard disk space, even… …   Dictionary of networking

• swap space — noun the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory • Syn: ↑swap file • Hypernyms: ↑disk space, ↑disc space …   Useful english dictionary

• Random-access memory — RAM redirects here. For other uses of the word, see Ram (disambiguation). Example of writable volatile random access memory: Synchronous Dynamic RAM modules, primarily used as main memory in personal computers, workstations, and servers …   Wikipedia