VIRTUAL MEMORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does virtual memory mean? 

• VIRTUAL MEMORY (noun)
  The noun VIRTUAL MEMORY has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses

  Familiarity information: VIRTUAL MEMORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIRTUAL MEMORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

virtual memory; virtual storage

Hypernyms ("virtual memory" is a kind of...):

computer memory; computer storage; memory; memory board; storage; store (an electronic memory device)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)