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virtual memory vs storage

storage vs virtual memory

virtual memory and storage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virtual memory Yes No No No
storage Yes No No No
As nouns, storage is a hypernym of virtual memory; that is, storage 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
  • storage: an electronic memory device
Other hypernyms of virtual memory include computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, store.
virtual memory (noun) storage (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 the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
the act of storing something
depositing in a warehouse
a depository for goods
an electronic memory device
(computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
Difference between virtual memory and storage

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