VIRTUAL

MEMORY
present by :
Manisha
CONTENTS

o Virtual memory
o Needs of virtual memory

o Importance of virtual memory

o Advantage of Virtual memory

o Disadvantage of virtual

o Address space & memory space

VIRTUAL MEMORY
Virtual memory is a computer part of operating system
on desktop computer.
 the term virtual memory refers to something which
appears to be present but actually it is not .
The virtual memory technique allows users to use
more memory for a program than the real memory of a
computer.
 NEEDS OF VIRTUAL MEMORY
oVirtual memory is a imaginary memory which we are
assuming. If we have a material that Exceed your memory at
that time we need to use the concept of virtual memory.
oVirtual memory is temporary memory which is used alone with

the ram of the system .

IMPORTANCE OF VIRTUAL
MEMORY

oWhen your computer runs out of physical memory it write

what it needs to remember to the hard disk in a swap file
as virtual memory.
oIf a computer running windows requires more
memory /RAM then there is installed in the system to run
a program ,etc, it uses a small section of hard drive for
this purpose.
ADVANTAGES OF VIRTUAL MEMORY
oAllow processes whose aggregate memory
requirement is greater then the amount of physical
memory, as infrequently used pages can reside on
the disk.
oThis concept is very helpful in implementing

multiprogramming environment.
ovirtual memory allows speed gain when only a

particular segment of the program is required for

the execution of the program.
DISADVANTAGES OF VIRTUAL MEMORY
oApplication run slower if the system is using virtual
memory.
oIttakes more time to switch between applications.
oLess hard drive space for your use.

oIt reduces system stability

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