Address space

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The address space of a process usually consists of three segments

  • Stack
  • Data
  • Code

Typically, stack and data segments are dynamic.

Address space abstracts physical memory in the following three ways:

  • Address independence: Each process has its own memory
  • Protection: that only it can access
  • Virtual memory: that is large