Answer-What is the purpose of virtual memory?

Virtual memory allows an operating system to use a combination of RAM and secondary storage usually a hard disk to provide the illusion of a larger main memory. When the physical RAM is full, the OS can swap data between RAM and disk, thus extending the usable memory space.

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What is the purpose of virtual

memory?

A To increase the size of the physical memory

B To provide faster access to data in RAM

C To allow multiple programs to run concurrently

D To extend the available memory by using secondary storage as a supplement

E None of these

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