Installing linux/138/en
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Virtual memory allows the kernel to free a bit of storage by storing the parts of the RAM that have been inactive for some time on the swap partition of a hard disk. To simulate the additional memory, windows uses a swap file that is directly contained in a file system. Linux uses a partition, hence the term "swap" partition, mounted at /swap/
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