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!!! Overview[1]
[{$pagename}] is a memory management technique that is implemented using both hardware and software.!! [Linux] [2]
[Random Access Memory] [RAM] is a computer's memory space. In [Linux] [Operating System] each [Application] is assigned [{$pagename}] to use.
[Linux] has the the concept of a three-level "page table" in the [architecture] independent code even if the underlying [architecture] does not support it. While this is conceptually easy to understand, it also means that the distinction between different types of pages is very blurry and page types are identified by their flags or what lists they exist on rather than the objects they belong to.!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Virtual_memory|Wikipedia:Virtual_memory|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-12-28-
* [#2] - [Page Table Management|https://www.kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/understand/understand006.html|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-04-23-