29 Oct
2010
29 Oct
'10
10:04 a.m.
From: Johnny Billquist
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:46 PM
Why are people so hung up on physical memory size vs.
virtual memory
size when they need to define what virtual memory is?
I just don't get it. :-)
Perhaps because that's the way the term of art "virtual memory" (whether
as segments or as pages) has been defined since it was first conceived?
Virtual addressing is necessary for virtual memory. The converse is not
true.
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
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