memory management

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

memory management

   <memory management, storage> A collection of techniques for
   providing sufficient memory to one or more processes in a
   computer system, especially when the system does not have
   enough memory to satisfy all processes' requirements
   simultaneously.  Techniques include {swapping}, {paging} and
   {virtual memory}.  Memory management is usually performed
   mostly by a {hardware} {memory management unit}.

   (1995-01-23)