Memory Management

Question 1

What is memory management

Answer 1

Deals with the allocation and deallocation or the computer’s primary memory

Question 2

What are the techniques to make memory management more efficient?

Answer 2

• Paging
• Segmentation
• Virtual memory

Question 3

What is paging?

Answer 3

method of chunking primary memory into equal-sized blocks

Question 4

How are pages used?

Answer 4

• Application is launched —> data is moved from hard desk into pages —> for faster access
• user moves between applications —> memory is dynamically allocated
• Pages removed —> for applications not in active —> and granted to those that are

Question 5

What causes internal fragmentation?

Answer 5

Unused pages are removed for applications not in use —> creates pockets of waster space —> leading to internal fragmenetation