physical memory address ⇝
physical address
The address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into physical addresses.
Last updated: 1995-03-31
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physical ♦ physical address ♦ physical addressing ♦ physical file
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