Section 12.10
Segmented Virtual Memory

Virtual memory systems in use today are much more complicated than the simple dynamic paged memories described earlier. Most employ a two-level system, where memory is first broken into chunks, called segments,. Then each segment is broken into pages. This gives flexibility for treating different memory regions according to their intended use. However, it makes the virtual memory system more complicated, more memory intensive, and slower.

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