Memory segmentation is an operating system memory management technique of dividing a computer's primary memory into segments or sections. In a computer...
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x86 memory segmentation is a term for the kind of memory segmentation characteristic of the Intel x86 computer instruction set architecture. The x86 architecture...
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computing, a segmentation fault (often shortened to segfault) or access violation is a failure condition raised by hardware with memory protection, notifying...
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Core rope memory is a form of read-only memory (ROM) for computers. It was used in the UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) and the UNIVAC II, developed...
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conceptually use more memory than might be physically available, using the technique of paging or segmentation. Virtual memory makes application programming...
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the segment in memory, its size, and other data such as access protection bits and status (swapped in, swapped out, etc.) Segmentation allows better access...
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8086, Intel 8088, Intel 80186, and Intel 80188 provide crude memory segmentation and no memory protection. (Every byte of every segment is always available...
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dynamic memory allocation can frequently be a source of bugs. These can include security bugs or program crashes, most often due to segmentation faults...
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Segment (redirect from Segmentation)
or podcast Memory segmentation, the division of computer memory into segments Segment descriptor Data segment Code segment Image segmentation, the process...
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of the available memory locations without having to resort to any sort of bank switching, memory segmentation or paging schemes. Memory management and address...
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minimizing the program's RAM use. Subsequent architectures used memory segmentation, and individual program segments became the units exchanged between...
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Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting...
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executable-space protection. Segmentation refers to dividing a computer's memory into segments. A reference to a memory location includes a value that...
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Synchronous dynamic random-access memory (synchronous dynamic RAM or SDRAM) is any DRAM where the operation of its external pin interface is coordinated...
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systems to allow programs to be easily segmented and then make that segmentation relatively invisible in the code. The primary mechanism was to use the...
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language Memory address register Memory allocation Memory management unit (MMU) Memory model (programming) Memory protection Memory segmentation Offset...
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magnetic-core memory is a form of random-access memory. It predominated for roughly 20 years between 1955 and 1975, and is often just called core memory, or, informally...
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In computing, the x86 memory models are a set of six different memory models of the x86 CPU operating in real mode which control how the segment registers...
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fails as the operating system runs out. A segmentation fault results when a program tries to access memory that it does not have permission to access...
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In computer architecture, the memory hierarchy separates computer storage into a hierarchy based on response time. Since response time, complexity, and...
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USB flash drive (redirect from USB flash memory)
flash drive (also thumb drive, memory stick, and pen drive/pendrive) is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface...
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Random-access memory (RAM; /ræm/) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data...
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computer systems using memory segmentation, each segment has a length and set of permissions associated with it. Read–write memory is composed of either...
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High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a computer memory interface for 3D-stacked synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) initially from Samsung, AMD...
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Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash...
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16-bit internal data bus. The address bus is 24 bits and does not use memory segmentation, which made it easier to program for. Internally, it uses a 16-bit...
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Semiconductor memory is a digital electronic semiconductor device used for digital data storage, such as computer memory. It typically refers to devices...
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extension of 8-bit Intel's 8080 microprocessor, with memory segmentation as a solution for addressing more memory than can be covered by a plain 16-bit address...
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Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified...
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Operating system (section Direct memory access)
anyway. The use of virtual memory addressing (such as paging or segmentation) means that the kernel can choose what memory each program may use at any...
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