Virtual Memory


  1. rajithadilhan
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    Windows 7 Ultimate*32
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    Virtual Memory


    What is virtual memory?

    How it can be used in my laptop?
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  3. DeaconFrost
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    Virtual memory is part of the Windows Operating System to be used aside of, and sometimes as extra, physical memory.

    Virtual memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    It is used roughly the same way in a laptop as in a desktop sysyem. If you are running Windows 7, it is already there, being used efficiently.
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