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physical memory
Refers to memory made of RAM chips. The term is generally used to differentiate main memory (physical memory) and disk storage. It is also used in discussions about virtual memory, contrasting...
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Definition: physical memory
Refers to memory made of RAM chips. The term is generally used to differentiate main memory (physical memory) and disk storage. It is also used in discussions about virtual memory, contrasting the data in main memory with the data that have been swapped temporarily to disk. See memory, virtual memory and RAM.
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