Page Frames

Some articles on pages, page frames, page:

History Of IBM Mainframe Operating Systems - Technical Notes - Virtual Memory
... Pages, fixed-size blocks into which all virtual memory is divided ... Most IBM operating systems use 4KB (4,096-byte) pages, although some older systems ran quite well with 2KB (2,048-byte) pages ... Page frames, realized by dividing all real memory into pieces equal to the system's page size ...
Bélády's Anomaly
... In computer storage, Bélády's anomaly proves that it is possible to have more page faults when increasing the number of page frames while using the First in First ... Each chunk is referred to as a page ... The central processor can only load a limited number of pages at a time ...

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