Virtual Memory Terms
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Page is the name used for a block.
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Page fault is the name for a miss.
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Virtual address is the address produced by a CPU.
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Physical address is the address used to access main memory
and typically cache as well.
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Page table is the data structure containing the mappings
between virtual and physical addresses.
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Translation Lookaside Buffer is a cache that contains a
portion of the page table.
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