Virtual address space — (abbreviated VAS) is a memory mapping mechanism available in modern operating systems such as OpenVMS, UNIX, Linux, and Windows NT.OverviewVirtual memory is easiest to comprehend if one thinks in terms of the VAS, and not the physical memory of… … Wikipedia
Kernel virtual address space — The Kernel Virtual Address Space (KVA) is the virtual memory area in which all Linux kernel threads reside. The second part of the virtual address space is occupied by the User Virtual Address Space which contain user threads … Wikipedia
Address space — In computing, an address space defines a range of discrete addresses, each of which may correspond to a physical or virtual memory register, a network host, peripheral device, disk sector or other logical or physical entity. A memory address… … Wikipedia
Address space layout randomization — (ASLR) is a computer security technique which involves randomly arranging the positions of key data areas, usually including the base of the executable and position of libraries, heap, and stack, in a process s address space. Benefits Address… … Wikipedia
Single address space operating system — In computer science, a single address space operating system (or SASOS) is a type of operating system with simple memory management which uses only one globally shared virtual address space. List of SASOS Projects * Angel * BMX *… … Wikipedia
address space — noun A range of discrete addresses, all the address locations available in a particular, named, subset of a computers (virtual or real) memory … Wiktionary
Virtual memory/rewrite — Virtual memory is a computer system technique that gives an application program the impression it has contiguous working memory, while in fact it is physically fragmented and may even overflow on to disk storage. Systems which use this technique… … Wikipedia
Address Windowing Extensions — (AWE) is a Microsoft Windows Application Programming Interface that allows a 32 bit software application to access more physical memory than it has virtual address space. The process of mapping an application s virtual address space to physical… … Wikipedia
Space (disambiguation) — Space is a framework from which we can quantify distances between objects or points. Space or spacing may also refer to:In science:* Outer space, the area beyond the limit of the Earth s atmosphere * a mathematical space is an informal term for… … Wikipedia
Virtual memory — This article is about the computational technique. For the TBN game show, see Virtual Memory (game show). Virtual memory combines active RAM and inactive memory in disk form into a large range of contiguous addresses. In computing, virtual memory … Wikipedia
Virtual private network — A virtual private network (VPN) is a computer network in which some of the links between nodes are carried by open connections or virtual circuits in some larger network (e.g., the Internet) instead of by physical wires. The link layer protocols… … Wikipedia