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Re: Basic terms.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 10:05:03AM +0000, n.v.t n.v.t wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm trying to learn more about the kernel, but when I'm reading articles it 
> has terms that are unfamiliar by me. E.g:
>               page tables
>               physical pages of memory
>               virtual pages
>               pages
>               etc..
> 
> These terms are hard to understand for a newbie like me, is there some page 
> where I might get clear information about what they do? Could someone 
> provide me explanation? Maybe it would be a good idea to do basic term 
> explanations in wiki?
> 
> 
> Joe
> 

See http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/html/understand/ -
particularly chapters 3 and 4.

	Arthur

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