virtual-storage

virtual storage

noun Computers.
a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
Also called virtual memory.
Compare real storage.


Origin:
1970–75

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virtual storage or virtual memory
 
n
a computer system in which the size of the memory is effectively increased by automatically transferring sections of a program from a large capacity backing store, such as a disk, into the smaller core memory as they are required
 
virtual memory or virtual memory
 
n

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