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单词 virtual memory
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virtual memory
noun[U]
uk
/ˌvɜː.tju.əl ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˌvɝː.tʃu.əl ˈmem.ɚ.i/
spacethat can be used on theharddriveof acomputertostoreinformationtemporarilyso that there is morememoryavailablewhen it isneededbysoftwaresuch as acomputergame
（电脑的）虚拟存储器，虚拟内存
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(Definition ofvirtual memoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

virtual memory| Business English

virtual memory
noun[U]
IT
uk
us
(alsovirtual storage)
theabilityof acomputerto usespaceonitsharddriveas if it werepartofitsRAM(= thememoryused torunprograms):
You canspeedupyourshutdownsbyverifyingthat you're notclearingyourvirtualmemorywheneveryouexitout of thesystem.
(Definition ofvirtual memoryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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virtual memory
The current context is the physical/real memory, the other contexts are thevirtualmemory.
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This is avirtualmemoryspace spread across a worldwide network of computers, which allow their spare capacity to be used at idle times.
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It must also have been an immense source of frustration to have avirtualmemorysystem based on fairly unreliable floppy disks.
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It is also necessary to check for stack overflow; but since overflow is so rare, this can usually be done at no cost using an inaccessiblevirtualmemorypage.
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Two-space garbage collection works well until the residency of the program approaches half the real memory available, at which point thevirtualmemorysystem begins to thrash.
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The system level architecture was sharedvirtualmemory, which was physically distributed in the machine.
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Mass storage is treated as a large space pool similar to the wayvirtualmemoryis managed.
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The 80386 added a 32-bit architecture and a paging translation unit, which made it much easier to implement operating systems that usedvirtualmemory.
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Nowadays the use ofvirtualmemoryappears to provide lots of memory, but at the cost of performance.
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From the software perspective, 64-bit computing means the use of code with 64-bitvirtualmemoryaddresses.
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Attackers requiring a function in a certain library must guess where that library is loaded invirtualmemoryspace to call it.
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Most computer operating systems use the concept ofvirtualmemory, allowing utilization of more primary storage capacity than is physically available in the system.
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This is mitigated to some degree by perfecting thevirtualmemorysystem, but not all computer architectures havevirtualmemorysupport.
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There may be multiple page sizes supported; seevirtualmemoryfor elaboration.
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This configuration was distinctly suboptimal for any productive use on anything but single tasking dedicated workstations due to the heavy reliance onvirtualmemory.
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