A conceptual form of main storage which does not really exist, but is made to appear as though it exists through the use of hardware and software programming
The storage space that may be regarded as addressable main storage by the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses The size of virtual storage is limited by the addressing scheme of the computer system and by the amount of auxiliary storage available, not by the actual number of main storage locations (I) (A)
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virtual memory: (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
The storage space that may be regarded as addressable main storage by the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses Note: The size of virtual storage is limited by the addressing scheme of the computer system and by the amount of auxiliary storage available, and not by the actual number of main storage locations
An operating system technique for providing more addressable storage to programs than is actually available on the hardware