Virtual Memory is a policy. Swap Area is a artifact, u use to implement this policy
Hope makes sense On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:15:15 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area > > thanks > > ankit > --- chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ankit Jain wrote: > > > > >hi > > > > > >if somebody can tell me that is this correct? > > > > > >(1)can i say that swap area created by linux is > > nothign > > >but virtual memory. (2)is it correct to use the > > term > > >interchangeably > > > > > >thanks > > > > > >ankit > > > > > > > > (1) A swap file or swap partition can be used as > > virtual memory. > > (2) I am not sure. Why one would wish to use 'swap > > area' > > interchangeably with 'virtual memory'. > > :-| > > Chuck > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
