A mechanism by which a process can occupy less physical memory than is allocated in the logical address space Performed through the division of memory into pages that can be paged in from or out to the swap area on disk
A storage scheme that makes use of spare disk space by increasing the available memory
A method of managing virtual memory When a requested page is not found in main memory, an interrupt occurs The paging device machine then transfers the requested inactive page to memory High rates of page swapping can degrade performance
The act of seeking a cellular phone when an incoming call is trying to reach the phone
A one-way alert or alphanumeric message service Messages are normally left via a bureau with a human or automatic operator
A processing technique in which data is transferred between a main storage area and an auxiliary storage area Pages are the individual units of transfer used to swap data
(1) The action of transferring instructions, data, or both, between real storage and external page storage
A feature of a wireless device that allows reception of a signal or alphanumeric message
A memory management technique in a virtual memory operating system Only a few parts (pages) of a program are actually in memory When a new part is needed, it is paged into memory and older parts are paged out to the storage device (disk)
calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system); "the public address system in the hospital was used for paging