The block on the left shows a large, contiguous range of addresses as an application program sees it.
But in reality the parts of the program's address range which are currently being used are scattered around real physical memory (e.g. en:RAM), and the inactive parts are saved in a disk file.
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2007-10-23 12:10 Philcha 250×250×8 (4483 bytes) '''Virtual memory''' The program thinks it has a large range of contiguous addresses (left); but in reality (right) the parts is is currently using are scattered around [[RAM]], and the inactive parts are saved in a disk file.
2007-10-23 12:02 Philcha 250×250×8 (4483 bytes) '''Virtual memory''': The block on the left shows a large, contiguous range of addresses as an application program sees it. But in reality the parts of the program's address range which are currently being used are scattered around real physical memory
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