Can you explain the Virtual memory?



Can you explain the Virtual memory?..

Answer / Abhishek Pawar

Virtual memory is a portion of a hard drive that the operating system uses as if it were RAM. It allows programs to use more memory than physically available by temporarily transferring data from the RAM to the hard drive when needed.

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