VIRTUAL MEMORY
Dictionary entry overview: What does virtual memory mean? • VIRTUAL MEMORY (noun)
The noun VIRTUAL MEMORY has 1 sense:
1. (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
Familiarity information: VIRTUAL MEMORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VIRTUAL MEMORY (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
virtual memory; virtual storage
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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