Which of the following statements is true concerning ?
Verified Answer
A. Virtual memory is the space on the hard drive where the operating system begins to store data when it becomes memory bound
B. Accessing data from RAM is slower than accessing data from virtual memory
C. Both of these
D. If a computer is memory bound, adding more RAM will not solve the problem
E. None of these
Explanation:
(A) Virtual memory uses hard drive space as an extension of RAM. When physical RAM is full (memory bound), the OS swaps less active data to this space. (B) Accessing RAM is *much faster* than virtual memory. (D) Adding more RAM *would* solve a memory-bound problem. Thus, (A) is the only true statement.