维基百科是这样介绍虚拟内存(存储器)的:
In computing, virtual memory is a memory management technique that is implemented using both hardware and software.
在计算机中,虚拟内存是一种通过硬软件集合实现的内存管理技术。
It maps memory addresses used by a program, called virtual addresses, into physical addresses in computer memory.
Main storage, as seen by a process or task, appears as a contiguous address space or collection of contiguous segments.
The operating system manages virtual address spaces and the assignment of real memory to virtual memory.
Address translation hardware in the CPU, often referred to as a memory management unit or MMU,
automatically translates virtual addresses to physical addresses. Software within the operating system may extend these capabilities
to provide a virtual address space that can exceed the capacity of real memory and thus reference more memory than is