Virtual Memory Area

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
VMA
Pronunciation
/ˈvərʧuəl ˈmɛməri ˈɛriə/
Category
Computing
Related Field
Hardware

Examples in Context

  1. The virtual memory area ( VMA ) pointer needs to be added in as the first parameter followed by the usual four parameters ( start, end, size, and protection flags ).
  2. This is because Oracle uses a lot of virtual memory, particularly with respect to its System Global Area ( SGA ).
  3. This is because Oracle uses a lot of virtual memory, particularly with respect to its System Global Area ( SGA ), which is used to cache table data, among other things.
  4. Memory management is one of LINUX's important contents. Virtual memory technology can not only let us able to use more memory, but also offer enormous area of searching address, the memory reflection and fair assignment of physical memory.
  5. A virtual arbitrary waveform generator in DDS is introduced, in which FPGA is used for the digital circuits and memory carriers in Quartus, the constant high relative frequency precision can be realized in the low frequency area.

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