What is virtual memory?

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What is virtual memory? -

Virtual memory is hardware technique where the system appears to have more memory that it actually does. This is done by time-sharing, the physical memory and storage parts of the memory one disk when they are not actively being used.
 
What is virtual memory? -

Virtual memory is hardware technique where the system appears to have more memory that it actually does. This is done by time-sharing, the physical memory and storage parts of the memory one disk when they are not actively being used.

Well, virtual memory is a attribute of an operating system (OS) that enables a computer to recompense for lack of physical memory by quickly moving pages of data from random access memory (RAM) to disk storage. I am also uploading a document where you will find how virtual memory works.
 

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