EC310 Lecture 1

Space on hard drive used as virtual memory when system runs out of physical memory. Paging file is dynamic (shrinks/grows). Pros/cons of paging file. Slows down performance. Using disk vs. memory. Gives user more “room” to operate. Can set place and size of paging file. Microsoft recommends letting Windows manage paging file. ................
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