Virtual memory is

2007

Virtual memory is

  1. A.

    Part of Main Memory only used for swapping

  2. B.

    A technique to allow a program, of size more than the size of main memory, to run

  3. C.

    Part of secondary storage used in program execution

  4. D.

    None of these

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Correct answer: B

Virtual memory is a memory management technique that enables programs larger than physical RAM to execute by using disk space as an extension. It creates a logical address space that is larger than the physical memory available.

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