virtual memory

American  

[vur-choo-uhl mem-uh-ree] / ˈvɜr tʃu əl ˈmɛm ə ri /

noun

1. Computers. Also called virtual storage. a system extending addressable memory beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage, managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of it together as addressable main storage.

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virtual memory Scientific  

/ vûr′cho̅o̅-əl /

1. A memory management system in a computer that temporarily stores inactive parts of the content RAM on a disk, restoring it to RAM when quick access to it is needed. This allows software to operate as though the computer has more RAM than it actually does.

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• virtual-memory
  adjective