Swap Space
Swap space is the space on the disk reserved for the full Virtual Memory space of a process.
Swap Space gives the illusion
Swap space is what gives the illusion that the OS has more memory than it actually has.
OS may copy unused memory to disk to save RAM
- Copies it back upon access Source: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yHaHiukJe-87RhiN8WIkncY23HxFkJynCQ8j3dIFx_w/edit#slide=id.g24dcc93b60b_1_558
I feel like I have seen this term before??
Resources
- https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu-sn&q=swap+space+vs+swap+memory
- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/swap-space-in-operating-system/