English noun: virtual memory | |||
1. | virtual memory (artifact) (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses | ||
Synonyms | virtual storage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||