Practice - Virtual Address Structure
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Practice Questions
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What are the two parts of a virtual address?
💡 Hint: Think about how the address specifies both a page and a specific byte within it.
What does the valid bit in a page table entry indicate?
💡 Hint: Consider its role in memory access.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a virtual address primarily used for?
💡 Hint: Remember the main purpose of virtual addressing in computer architecture.
True or False: A valid bit being off means that the page is present in physical memory.
💡 Hint: Recall what the valid bit represents in the page table.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a system where a process's virtual memory usage grows from 1MB to 16MB requiring memory management strategies to address potential fragmentation. Propose a solution involving page table structure.
💡 Hint: Consider how different segments interact and the role of valid bits and length registers.
Given a virtual address space of 4GB and a page size of 8KB, determine the number of page table entries and the required memory size for these entries.
💡 Hint: Use the total address space divided by the page size to find the number of entries first.
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