Paper Assignment: Virtual Memory
Overview: For this assignment, you will search the Internet to find TWO tutorials on virtual memory as it is used in modern workstations, servers, or mobile devices. The tutorials you choose can be in written form or videos similar to the Messer (2012) video included in this module's instructional resources.
Search the Internet to find two tutorials on virtual memory as it is used in modern workstations, servers, or mobile devices. The tutorials could be in written form or videos similar to the Messer (2012) video included in this module's instructional resources.
Youtube Video Tutorials : "Understanding PC Memory - CompTIA A+ 220-801: 1.3"
Prompt: In your paper, you will compare the tutorials you identified. Write a short paper comparing the tutorials you identified. Explain which tutorial you preferred based upon how it helped you answer the following questions:
1. How does virtual memory extend the memory available to applications?
2. What are the drawbacks of a page fault when a virtual memory page is not resident?
The critical elements for this paper are:
1) The answers to the above questions
2) A comparison of the information in the two tutorials
3) A description of the tutorial that best helped you answer those questions and why you preferred it
4) Any challenges you are having with understanding virtual memory. If you are having difficulty, you can simply write a paragraph or two about any areas of virtual memory you still do not understand and your plan for how you will master those areas. If you are confident in what you have learned, use that portion of your paper to talk about any benefits of virtual memory you found.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.