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b...@coolgroups.com

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May 4, 2009, 12:51:13 PM5/4/09
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What is the best term to describe using the hard drive to simulate
more RAM? I know it has to do with virtual memory, but that's not
quite an exact term.

Hans-Peter Diettrich

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May 4, 2009, 1:38:08 PM5/4/09
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> What is the best term to describe using the hard drive to simulate
> more RAM? I know it has to do with virtual memory, but that's not
> quite an exact term.

What's wrong with virtual memory?

Moving data between RAM and disk is called swapping (unspecific term as
well).

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