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vir'tual stor'age

Computers.
a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage. Also called vir'tual mem'ory. Cf. real storage.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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