Practice - Handling Virtual Memory Growth
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Practice Questions
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What is a virtual address?
💡 Hint: Think about how programs locate data.
What does the page table do?
💡 Hint: Consider the role of the page table in memory access.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the function of a page table?
💡 Hint: Think about how programs retrieve data.
True or False: The valid bit in a page table entry indicates whether a page is valid and present in physical memory.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens with an invalid entry.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a process with a PVLR that grows from 20 to 50 entries. How would this impact memory allocation?
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of this growth on overall memory management.
Consider a system with both segmentation and paging. How may this approach improve memory access versus a flat structure?
💡 Hint: Think about the practicality of using modules in programs.
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