CST334 Module 4

 Write a 1 - 2 paragraph description of what you learned this fourth week in CST 334 Topic: Memory Virtualization

This week covered further into how memory is handled virtually in the OS, even with including information related to physical disk memory instead of only system memory such as RAM. We covered some ways that an OS can handle allocating and freeing memory in order to prevent wasted space or what is called fragmentation. Another topic covered this week is how virtual addresses are exactly translated into physical addresses -- which is accomplished through the use of Page Tables. This translation of virtual to physical addresses can be costly when executed often, and so TLB tables are utilized to cache translations with the idea that they may be referenced again.

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