Virtual memory is a valuable concept in computer architecture that allows you to run large, sophisticated programs on a computer even if it has a relatively small amount of RAM. A computer with ...

Programs that hold all data in memory for processing. Almost all spreadsheets are memory based so that a change in data at one end of the spreadsheet can be instantly reflected at the other end. In a ...

Virtual memory, also known as the swap file, uses part of your hard drive to effectively expand your RAM, allowing you to run more programs than it could otherwise handle. But a hard drive is much ...

At Nividia's GPU Technology Conference last week, I was surprised to see both how far graphics and GPU technology is moving?on the desktop and in mobile devices?and how the way people write software ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covering Digital Storage Technology & Market. IEEE President in 2024 I had an opportunity late in 2021 to do a virtual roundtable ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

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 ...