💌 Inquiries: thecodinggopher@gmail.com
👨‍💻 Get 40% OFF CodeCrafters: https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=the-coding-gopher
❤️ https://www.patreon.com/TheCodingGopher

The Coding Gopher

Virtual memory helps computers use more memory than physically available by combining RAM and disk storage, enabling larger programs and multiple applications to run simultaneously. Address space abstraction, paging, and page tables are core concepts, with mechanisms like demand paging and page replacement to manage memory. While beneficial for multitasking and memory isolation, virtual memory can cause slowdowns due to paging and swapping, and excessive use can wear out SSDs.

99% of Developers Don't Get Virtual Memory

I heard it allows you to download more RAM from shady web sites.

99% of developers haven’t tried to understand virtual memory so this metric doesn’t mean much.

What’s the usecase of virtual memory?

This reminds me, anyone else remember the SoftRAM product from the 90’s that was supposed to double your RAM, but of course was total BS 😂