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Re:Slack was down by scott_s on Monday July 29, 2019 @02:27PM (#20557718)
"Virtual memory" is not a synonym for swap space: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2937597
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Re:Slack was down by IggleSniggle on Monday July 29, 2019 @03:48PM (#20558634)
Thank you for the gentle correction. I will now also start using "thrashing" more accurately.
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Re:Slack was down by MiroF on Thursday August 01, 2019 @09:21PM (#20589984)
Is this really such a common mistake? What is virtual about putting memory onto a hard drive
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Re:Slack was down by scott_s on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:57PM (#20630097)
In my experience, yes, I see the misconception frequently. I think it stems from Microsoft using the name "Virtual memory size" for swap space in earlier versions of Windows.
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