Where does the swap space reside?
2001
Where does the swap space reside?
- A.
RAM
- B.
Disk
- C.
ROM
- D.
On-chip cache
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Correct answer: B
Swap space is a reserved area on a storage device (HDD or SSD) that the operating system uses as virtual memory.
When RAM becomes full:
The operating system moves less frequently used pages from RAM to swap space.
This frees RAM for active processes.
If those pages are needed again, they are brought back into RAM.