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virtual memory
noun
: a section of a hard drive that can be used as if it were an extension of a computer's random-access memory
called also virtual storage
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Find it on Amazon Make Your Memories Real The Kodak Dock Plus allows for instant printing of all of the virtual memories created at parties and events.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The following space estimates all exclude the virtual memory (VM), which can vary in size.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2023
Some of the advanced features Apple bragged about, including virtual memory-swapping, require an iPad Pro or sixth-gen iPad Air with an Apple M1 chip.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022
Apps can use the free storage as extra virtual memory for demanding functions and workflows.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 8 June 2022
Memory doesn’t actually go up to 18GB, but Nubia says in the press release the phones feature a RAM Boost memory compression technology that expands virtual memory so that 12GB of RAM is used like 18GB of RAM.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Mar. 2021
In the meantime, the Playwrights' Center is honoring her with a virtual memory page.
—Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021
Osment appeared on Cyrus' Instagram Live show, BRIGHT MINDED: Live With Miley, and the pair took a trip down virtual memory lane.
—Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 24 Mar. 2020
In short, the mitigation worked by isolating virtual memory page tables of user-mode threads from kernel memory.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Nov. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1959, in the meaning defined above
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“Virtual memory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/virtual%20memory. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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