page writer" threads.)

Some systems allow application hints; the application may request that a page be cleared or paged out and continue without delay.

Thrashing

After completing initialization, most programs operate on a small number of code and data pages compared to the total memory the program requires. The pages most frequently accessed are called the working set.

When the working set is a small percentage of the system's total number of pages, virtual memory systems

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