virtual address

noun

The identification of a location in virtual memory that is mapped by the operating system into a location in real storage and thus appears to an application program to be an absolute address.

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Meanings

nounvirtual address (plural virtual addresses)

plural virtual addresses

  1. computingThe identification of a location in virtual memory that is mapped by the operating system into a location in real storage and thus appears to an application program to be an absolute address.
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