virtual/physical memory?...

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hi all.
What is the difference between virtual/physical memory. My system info tells
me i have == total physical memory 256.00 MB==
== total virtual memory 2.00 GB==

 

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Physical memory refers to the physical RAM installed on your PC, in this case
256MB. Virtual memory is generally your pagefile which is free space from
your harddisk used by a memory manager to provide your applications with more
memory to work with.

HTH.

"RobLee" wrote:

> hi all.
> What is the difference between virtual/physical memory. My system info tells
> me i have == total physical memory 256.00 MB==
> == total virtual memory 2.00 GB==
>

 

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"RobLee" wrote:

> hi all.
> What is the difference between virtual/physical memory. My system info tells
> me i have == total physical memory 256.00 MB==
> == total virtual memory 2.00 GB==
>

 

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"Mervin R." <Mervin R.@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i melding
news:265971C3-CFB4-4796-AE36-DDC2ABBF05BA@microsoft.com...
> Physical memory refers to the physical RAM installed on your PC, in this
> case
> 256MB. Virtual memory is generally your pagefile which is free space from
> your harddisk used by a memory manager to provide your applications with
> more
> memory to work with.

I was under the impression that virtual memory was the sum of RAM _and_ the
pagefile(s)?

 

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Virtual memory IS the page file. Ram is the real memory.

"André Gulliksen" <andre.gulliksen@start.no> wrote in message
news:2vdupuF2kog12U1@uni-berlin.de...
> "Mervin R." <Mervin R.@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i melding
> news:265971C3-CFB4-4796-AE36-DDC2ABBF05BA@microsoft.com...
>> Physical memory refers to the physical RAM installed on your PC, in this
>> case
>> 256MB. Virtual memory is generally your pagefile which is free space from
>> your harddisk used by a memory manager to provide your applications with
>> more
>> memory to work with.
>
> I was under the impression that virtual memory was the sum of RAM _and_
> the pagefile(s)?
>

 

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Check here for clear concise information about virtual memory
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"RobLee" <RobLee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| hi all.
| What is the difference between virtual/physical memory. My system info
tells
| me i have == total physical memory 256.00 MB==
| == total virtual memory 2.00 GB==
|

 

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In news:2vdupuF2kog12U1@uni-berlin.de,
André Gulliksen <andre.gulliksen@start.no> typed:

> "Mervin R." <Mervin R.@discussions.microsoft.com> skrev i
> melding
> news:265971C3-CFB4-4796-AE36-DDC2ABBF05BA@microsoft.com...
>> Physical memory refers to the physical RAM installed on your
>> PC, in
>> this case
>> 256MB. Virtual memory is generally your pagefile which is free
>> space
>> from your harddisk used by a memory manager to provide your
>> applications with more
>> memory to work with.
>
> I was under the impression that virtual memory was the sum of
> RAM
> _and_ the pagefile(s)?


You are correct, although some people use the term as Mervin
defines it. Some people even uses it both ways, inconsistently.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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