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Audio Video Interleaved Video  |  1994-01-14  |  3.9 MB  |  160x120  |  14.707fps  |  33 seconds
Transcription: Virtual memory is a memory management system used to make it seem as if there's more memory than actually exists. It does this by swapping unused code and data to the disk in a swap file while it reuses RAM for the active program. This process of swapping allows you to run more programs at once, even if you don't have enough RAM to do so. By increasing available RAM, your machine will run faster because Windows will not need to swap memory as often. Virtual memory is the amount of free RAM plus the amount of space set aside on the hard disk for the swap file.