SUMMARY: Page

From: <NSYSTEM_at_beau.nb.rockwell.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 18:42:50 -0700 (PDT)

Hello Everyone,

My questions was

-- 1. In simple terms, what are pages? Users are asking me to explain
-- in simple terms of what free list and inactive list are?

In Summary---

A "page" is an fixed-size area of memory.
Free List - Pages that are clean and available for use.
The "free list" is memory that isn't in use by anything within the operating
system.
Inactive List - Virtual memory pages that are allocated but
                 are most likely to be reclaimed when memory is needed.
Think of the inactive list as the second place to go for memory if you need it,
without having to make the decision of stealing memory from something that
is actively using it.



Special Thanks to Paul E. Rockwell for his expertise and time in providing
a detail explanation about the subject.


Thanks also to
Herve Demarthe
Michael Morrissey
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com


Regards, Candice
Rockwell International Corporation
Received on Fri Aug 11 1995 - 03:52:46 NZST

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