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Where are process pages stored - in the swap space or under file system? Can demand paging work without space space?
The Galvin OS text says that on older systems, there used to be a method, where the entire running process (when in idle state) was moved from the main memory (when main memory ran low) to the disk ...
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Commited memory keeps going up
So I have been having this problem for over a year, if anyone can help me solve this I would be forever grateful. Seriously.
Upon using my laptop (8Gb of physical memory) for a long time eventually ...
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The "memory available" that an Operating System tells child processes
I'm wondering about how operating systems let child processes know how much available memory there is.
Say the whole computer has 1GB RAM memory built in. The operating runs and uses 100MB (I have no ...
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What is the address in Process monitor
Under Process Monitor, if we pick up specific process then choose its property,
under event properties, the process tab shows address for each individual library file and what do these addresses refer ...
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If a process is suspended (swapped to secondary memory), then does the process control block also get swapped to secondary memory?
If a process is suspended (swapped to secondary memory), then does the process control block also get swapped to secondary memory? Or would the process control block remain in main memory, whilst the ...
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How to stop a Linux process for later execution swapping-out its memory
I want to stop a long running process so it does not consume any CPU or physical memory resources, with the intention of resuming the same process in the future.
I know the CPU part is achievable ...
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Windows 7: Set Physical Memory Limit [closed]
Where can we set the maximum physical memory an Application/Process can use. I am not trying set a cap on Maximum memory, rather the amount allowed on physical memory before switching to virtual ...
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How does Windows deal with process memory or resource exhaustion?
The other day I was working on a Windows 7 32-bit PC, with a few applications running including Firefox.
Over time I kept opening new tabs in Firefox until, suddenly, the Firefox window started ...
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linux: per-process monitor, every 10 minutes, with history access
I really didn't know a better way to ask my question, hence you get a horribly named question.
I will explain what i want to do, maybe that will help you help me.
I would like to have my linux ...
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Virtual memory vs. Virtual address space
I know virtual memory is a paging file that computer uses to store a part of RAM on hard disk for a running process. But how different is Virtual address space? is it the RAM or hard disk or both?
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When a process isn't using virtual memory, does it have the kernel or user memory in RAM?
A process can use upto 4 GB of virtual memory (including user and kernel) but when it's not using virtual memory does it have the kernel and user memory in ram?
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Unpause application in Mac OS X
I tried parsing a gigantic XML file and I ended up running out of virtual memory. The OS put all my applications on pause and gave me a screen to shutdown applications to free more space. I killed the ...
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