What is virtual memory?

Answer Posted / k.k.tripathi

Virtual Memory is space on harddisk where processes which
are not frequently used in RAM are being transfered so as
to increase the speed.If the required process is in virtual
memory it will be swapped to main memory and executed.As
Large is virtual memory so fast the system will be.

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