Many of us who run heavy applications, as I term it, on our computers
are always in a dilemma as to whether we need a particular paging file.
This article will thus help you in solving this query and many others
and provide you with the paging file size recommendations. But before
going into the technicalities of all these aspects, let us try to answer
the basic question, what is a paging file and try to find out its
importance
Memory is one of the most important things that is incorporated into
computers, be it laptop computers or PCs. There are various computer
memory types installed, depending upon the actual need for functioning
and specifications of the system. The computer memory relates to the
many devices and components that are responsible for storing data and
applications
Virtual memory has become very common for most operating systems of
desktop computers available. Computers these days have 64MB or 128MB of RAM
space available for CPU operations. Considering the huge demands placed
by computer users on the application programs, this space is not
sufficient. Also users expect all these programs to run simultaneously
which is not possible with the available space. Hence the need for
virtual memory.
What is computer RAM? The term random in RAM refers to the fact that any
piece of data can be returned in a constant time, irrespective of its
physical location and whether it is related to the previous piece of
data. RAM helps in accessing any byte of memory without touching
preceding bytes. The word RAM is synonymous with the main memory and is
reserved for computer related programs.
