Virtual memory

Tag: virtual-memory

Aliases: VM

The illusion of a private, large, contiguous address space per process, implemented by hardware paging and an OS-managed page table.

Lecture references

• L01 · Intro — p.24
• L12 · Caches — p.18
• L13 · Advanced Caches — p.13
• L15 · Virtual Memory — p.8 , p.9 , p.15
• L16 · Multiprocessors — p.17

Exam references

• Final — Spring 2024 — Q1(e)
• Final — Spring 2025 — Q5(a)