MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Domain	Definition
Computing	Memory management A collection of techniques for providing sufficient memory to one or more processes in a computer system, especially when the system does not have enough memory to satisfy all processes' requirements simultaneously. Techniques include swapping, paging and virtual memory. Memory management is usually performed mostly by a hardware memory management unit. (1995-01-23). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: Memory management

Memory management is the act of managing computer memory in order to optimize the use of it. This might mean arranging used and free memory to speed access or to maximize available storage space.

All reasonably modern operating systems contain their own memory manager, which takes care of this on behalf of the user. A critical performace bottleneck is disk swapping, and the quality of the memory manager can have a big impact on overall system performance.

DOS-era hackers might remember the memory manager software EMM386 and QEMM, the pain of segmented memory, the 640 kb barrier, and high and upper memory.

See also: virtual memory, pointer, handle, reference (computer science)

Commercial Usage: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Domain	Title
Books	Garbage Collection: Algorithms for Automatic Dynamic Memory Management (reference) Memory Management and Multitasking Beyond 640K (reference) Novell DOS 7: Memory Management, Multi-Tasking, Networking, and Data Protection (reference) Open Vms Alpha Internals and Data Structures: Memory Management (reference) Using Qemm: Get the Most Out of Quarterdeck's Best-Selling Memory Management System (reference) (more book examples)
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Expressions: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Frequency of Internet Keywords: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Modern Translation: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Language		Translations for "MEMORY MANAGEMENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		lagerstyrings-og beskyttelsesenhed (memory management and protection unit). (various references)

Dutch		eenheid voor beheer en bescherming van het geheugen (memory management and protection unit). (various references)

French		contrôleur de gestion et de protection de la mémoire (memory management and protection unit). (various references)

German		speicherverwaltung. (various references)

Greek		μηχανισμός ελέγχου και προστασίας της μνήμης(MMU) (memory management and protection unit). (various references)

Italian		circuito di controllo e gestione della memoria (memory management and protection unit). (various references)

Pig Latin		emorymay anagementmay

Portuguese		controlador de gestão e de protecção da memória (memory management and protection unit). (various references)

Spanish		gestión de la memoria. (various references)
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Expression	Frequency per Day
memory management	78
memory management software	8
unix memory management	7
operating system memory management	5
computer memory management	2
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MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Specialty Definition: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Computing

Specialty Definition: Memory management

Crosswords: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Commercial Usage: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

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Expressions: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Frequency of Internet Keywords: MEMORY MANAGEMENT

memory management

memory management software

unix memory management

operating system memory management

computer memory management

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Expressions using "MEMORY MANAGEMENT": memory Management Unit ♦ paged Memory Management Unit. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.