Nearly all current implementations of virtual memory divide a virtual address space into pages, blocks of contiguous virtual memory addresses.Pages on contemporary systems are usually at least 4 kilobytes in size; systems with large virtual address ranges or amounts of real memory generally use larger page sizes.. Page tables. Page tables are used to translate the virtual …

In computing, a virtual address space (VAS) or address space is the set of ranges of virtual addresses that an operating system makes available to a process. The range of virtual addresses usually starts at a low address and can extend to the highest address allowed by the computer's instruction set architecture and supported by the operating system's pointer size …

NTVDM was a system component of all IA-32 editions of the Windows NT family since 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1.It allows execution of 16-bit Windows and 16-bit / 32-bit DOS applications. The Windows NT 32-bit user-mode executable which forms the basis for a single DOS (or Windows 3.x) environment is called ntvdm.exe.. In order to execute DOS programs, …

C++11 is a version of the ISO/IEC 14882 standard for the C++ programming language. C++11 replaced the prior version of the C++ standard, called C++03, and was later replaced by C++14.The name follows the tradition of naming language versions by the publication year of the specification, though it was formerly named C++0x because it was expected to be published …

x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first released in 1999.It introduced two new modes of operation, 64-bit mode and compatibility mode, along with a new 4-level paging mode.. With 64-bit mode and the new paging mode, it supports vastly larger amounts of virtual memory and physical memory than was …

In computing, an address space defines a range of discrete addresses, each of which may correspond to a network host, peripheral device, disk sector, a memory cell or other logical or physical entity.. For software programs to save and retrieve stored data, each datum must have an address where it can be located. The number of address spaces available depends on the …

In computer operating systems, memory paging is a memory management scheme by which a computer stores and retrieves data from secondary storage for use in main memory. [citation needed] In this scheme, the operating system retrieves data from secondary storage in same-size blocks called pages.Paging is an important part of virtual memory implementations in modern …

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, printing, and other resources.. For …

x86 virtualization is the use of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities on an x86/x86-64 CPU.. In the late 1990s x86 virtualization was achieved by complex software techniques, necessary to compensate for the processor's lack of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities while attaining reasonable performance.

RISC-V (pronounced "risk-five": 1 where five refers to the number of generations of RISC architecture that were developed at the University of California, Berkeley since 1981) is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established RISC principles. Unlike most other ISA designs, RISC-V is provided under open source licenses that do not require fees to …