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A storage allocation technique in which auxiliary storage can be addressed as though it were part of main storage. Portions of a user's program and data are placed in auxiliary storage, and the operating system automatically swaps them in and out of main storage as needed.
Industry:Computer; Software
A storage allocation technique in which each search for a suitable block of storage begins with the block following the one last allocated.
Industry:Computer; Software
A storage allocation technique in which pages are transferred from auxiliary storage to main storage in anticipation of a need for those pages.
Industry:Computer; Software
A storage allocation technique in which pages are transferred from auxiliary storage to main storage only when those pages are needed.
Industry:Computer; Software
A storage allocation technique in which programs or data to be stored are allocated a block of storage of equal or greater size, so that logically contiguous programs and data are assigned physically contiguous storage locations.
Industry:Computer; Software
A storage allocation technique in which the storage assigned to a computer program varies during program execution, based on the current needs of the program and of other executing programs.
Industry:Computer; Software
A structure in which components are ranked into levels of subordination; each component has zero, one, or more subordinates; and no component has more than one superordinate component.
Industry:Computer; Software
A subprogram that is called by other programs and subprograms. Note: The terms "routine," "subprogram," and "subroutine" are defined and used differently in different programming languages; the preceding definition is advanced as a proposed standard.
Industry:Computer; Software
A subroutine that is copied into a computer program at each place that it is called.
Industry:Computer; Software
A subroutine that is copied into a computer program at each place that it is called.
Industry:Computer; Software
