Virtual Address

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
VA
Pronunciation
/ˈvərʧuəl ˈæˌdrɛs/
Category
Computing
Related Field
Assembly

Examples in Context

  1. So we can page the virtual address space AND page the page table.
  2. This mechanism is often referred to as virtual memory and virtual address spaces.
  3. Shared memory allows multiple processes to map a portion of their virtual address to a common memory region.
  4. The Java heap is likely to be the largest consumer of virtual address space in the process.
  5. TLB is the cache holding the mapping information from the virtual address to the physical page in memory.

Other meanings of VA