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Main Memory
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- 1Address binding of instructions and data to memory addresses can happen at three different stages:Compile Time
Load Time
Execution Time - 2Compile TimeIf memory location known a priori, absolute code can be generated; must recompile code if starting location changes
- 3Load TimeMust generate relocatable code if memory location is not known at compile time
- 4Execution TimeIf the process can be moved during its execution from one memory segment to another, then binding must be delayed until run time.
- 5Logical AddressAn address generated by the CPU
- 6Physical AddressAn address seen by the memory unit—that is, the one loaded into the memory address register
- 7Logical Address SpaceThe set of all logical addresses generated by a program
- 8Physical Address SpaceThe set of all physical addresses generated by a program
- 9Memory-Management Unit (MMU)Hardware device that at run time maps virtual to physical address
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- OS Flashcards on Main Memory, created by M KB on 05/11/2018.
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