Differences between Magnetic Tape and Magnetic Disk
Magnetic Tapes and Magnetic Disks are the types of magnetic memory. Both are called non-volatile storage and used for store data. Magnetic tape contains thin… Read More »
Tag Archives: Memory Management
Computer Organization | Random Access Memory (RAM) vs Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
A person novice to computers often is in confusion between Random Access Memory (RAM) and Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Here we draw comparisons between the… Read More »
Memory leak in C++ and How to avoid it?
Memory leakage occurs in C++ when programmers allocates memory by using new keyword and forgets to deallocate the memory by using delete() function or delete[]… Read More »
Introduction to solid-state drive (SSD)
solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data. SSD are also known as solid-state disk… Read More »
Introduction to memory and memory units
Memories are made up of registers. Each register in the memory is one storage location. Storage location is also called as memory location. Memory locations… Read More »
Operating System | Techniques to handle Thrashing
Prerequisite – Virtual Memory Thrashing is a condition or a situation when the system is spending a major portion of its time in servicing the… Read More »
Virtual Memory | Questions
Advantages Large virtual memory. More efficient use of memory. Unconstrained multiprogramming. There is no limit on degree of multiprogramming. Disadvantages Number of tables and amount… Read More »
Virtual Memory | Operating System
Virtual Memory is a storage allocation scheme in which secondary memory can be addressed as though it were part of main memory. The addresses a… Read More »
Operating System | Paging
Paging is a memory management scheme that eliminates the need for contiguous allocation of physical memory. This scheme permits the physical address space of a… Read More »
Working with Shared Libraries | Set 2
We have covered basic information about shared libraries in the previous post. In the current article we will learn how to create shared libraries on… Read More »
Working with Shared Libraries | Set 1
This article is not for those algo geeks. If you are interested in systems related stuff, just read on… Shared libraries are useful in sharing… Read More »
