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Noun: virtual memory
  1. (computing) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
    - virtual storage

Type of: computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store

Encyclopedia: Virtual memory