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OS Memory Management - Exercise

Virtual memory

Objective: Identify the processes involved in virtual memory
This exercise involves matching the steps of the swap disk process to their definitions.
The image below shows the entire process.
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Exercise Scoring

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  1. The OS then allocates the RAM memory region for the requesting task.
  2. If no memory exists, the OS will swap-out the least recently used memory segment onto the swap disk.
  3. An OS task requests a memory region from UNIX.
  4. Once the task is complete, the OS will page-in the memory segment into RAM from the swap disk.
  5. The OS checks available memory.