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Memory Management

Memory Management

Feb 10, 20261 min read

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Memory Management

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How the operating system allocates, tracks, and reclaims memory. Virtual memory, paging, and segmentation provide each process the illusion of a large, private address space while efficiently sharing physical RAM.

Concepts

  • Virtual Memory
  • Paging
  • Segmentation
  • Memory-Mapped Files
  • Kernel vs User Space
  • OOM Killer

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