Paging Virtual memory breaks programs into fixed-size blocks called pages. If a computer has abundant physical memory, the operating system loads all of a program's pages into RAM.

OS X Lion's FileVault technology may seem to make encrypted virtual memory redundant, but maintaining encryption even with FileVault 2 enabled is likely a good idea.

Memory Hierarchy Design – Part 3. Memory technology and optimizations, which examined innovations in main memory that offer improved system performance This installment, which examines architecture ...

Virtual Memory swapfiles and OS X performanceA. Brody has updated his Mac OS X Installation FAQ to include information about how too little free hard disk space (often combined with too little ...