memory management
<memory management, storage> A collection of techniques for providing
sufficient memory to one or more processes in a computer system, especially when
the system does not have enough memory to satisfy all processes' requirements
simultaneously. Techniques include swapping, paging and virtual memory. Memory
management is usually performed mostly by a hardware memory management unit.
(1995-01-23)
Nearby terms:
memory farts « memory leak « memory location «
memory management » Memory Management Unit »
memory mapped I/O » memory protection
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