virtual memory

virtual memory definition - telecom
In a computer, disk space pretending to be random access memory (RAM). See also computer, memory, and RAM.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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