Memory can be a tricky term in the computer world. There is random access memory (RAM), and hard drive space is often described as memory. To make things a little more confusing, the process of using ...

Virtual memory ensures that programs run smoothly. All programs on a PC use random access memory (RAM), but when there isn't enough memory to run a program, Windows temporarily moves information ...

Windows uses pagefiles to increase the availability of active applications, rather than letting them idle. If the page file size is low, you will get a message stating “Your system is low on virtual ...

Virtual memory in Windows XP is a simulation of RAM; when your computer runs out of RAM, it will use your hard drive space to simulate however much additional RAM you need to complete your task. Since ...

As I've noted in the two previous installments in this series, Windows 10's Hyper-V platform is the ideal way to test-drive a new feature update before trusting it to production hardware. If you've ...

Simulating more random access memory (RAM) than actually exists, which allows the computer to run larger programs as well as multiple programs concurrently. Actually developed back in the 1950s, ...