Practice - Basics of Virtual Memory and Address Translation
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Practice Questions
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What is virtual memory?
💡 Hint: Think about how programs operate in bigger memory spaces.
What does a page fault indicate?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens if data is not immediately accessible.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What component is responsible for mapping virtual addresses to physical addresses?
💡 Hint: Consider which hardware plays a significant role in managing memory.
True or False: Virtual memory allows processes to exceed the physical memory size.
💡 Hint: Think about how memory management allows flexibility in resource usage.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a system with 4GB of virtual memory and 1GB of physical memory. If a program requires 2GB of memory at peak usage, describe how the operating system can efficiently manage this requirement.
💡 Hint: Think about how the OS prioritizes data needed immediately versus data that can be deferred.
Suppose you are designing a system that frequently experiences page faults. What strategies would you implement to reduce the frequency of these faults?
💡 Hint: Consider solutions that optimize usage of existing memory resources.
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