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virtual memory vs memory

memory vs virtual memory

virtual memory and memory both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virtual memory Yes No No No
memory Yes No No No
As nouns, memory is a hypernym of virtual memory; that is, memory is a word with a broader meaning than virtual memory:
  • virtual memory: (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
  • memory: an electronic memory device
Other hypernyms of virtual memory include computer memory, computer storage, memory board, storage, store.
virtual memory (noun) memory (noun)
(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses an electronic memory device
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
something that is remembered
the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
Difference between virtual memory and memory

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