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Chapter 7

Virtual Memory and Paging

Part of Fundamentals of Operating System Concepts

Central question: How does the address translation mechanism allow processes to operate in a private, contiguous memory space larger than physical RAM?

Objectives

  • Divide Memory Using Paging
  • Translate Virtual to Physical Addresses
  • Enable Memory Larger Than RAM

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