From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: VM Vs Swap space Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:57:27 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <4164A287.4050207@gelm.net> References: <20041006085254.76571.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20041006085254.76571.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ankit Jain Cc: newbie Ankit Jain wrote: >hi > >if somebody can tell me that is this correct? > >(1)can i say that swap area created by linux is nothign >but virtual memory. (2)is it correct to use the term >interchangeably > >thanks > >ankit > > (1) A swap file or swap partition can be used as virtual memory. (2) I am not sure. Why one would wish to use 'swap area' interchangeably with 'virtual memory'. :-| Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs