address space

address space definition - computer

A computer's address space is the total amount of memory that can be addressed by the computer. For example, the Pentium can address 4GB of physical memory and 64TB of virtual memory.

A program's address space is the actual memory used by the program when running. It may refer to physical memory (RAM chips) or virtual memory (disk) or a combination of both.



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