Assume That The Main Memory (Ram) Of Your Computer Only Has 2 Gb Free, And You Are Trying To Load An Application That Requires 3 Gb Of Ram. How Would An Operating System Compensate For That, And Which Problems May Arise? Explain Your Answer.

[Hanna1]

[Baldric]

Homework?

[Captain2]

Someone will probably answer, but we don't generally do homework on here; better to attempt it yourself and learn from your mistakes if you get it wrong.

[douglas9401]

Consider the possibility of turning up to classes, paying attention and getting your own answers.

[Huderon]

Not a direct answer - after all, homework is really for you to do the research and figure out the answer for yourself - but a hint based on experience.

Back when I started programming, the machine we used had a very (in today's terms) limited amount of memory. All the programs we wrote were pretty large when compiled, and when we linked in the additional stuff needed were always larger than the available memory.

Fortunately the linker had an option to do automatic paging, which was used by most of the programmers. In one instance though it would not have worked, so the poor sap who was dealing with that program had to sort the paging out manually, which gave him a few headaches.

Now, there is a key word in that last paragraph - time to go and do some research :-)

[CrapAtCryptics]

The computer will use part of the hard disk as virtual memory. If this is a personal problem rather than a theoretical question download the crucial memory checker to see if your machine can take additional memory. Current machines need an absolute minimum of 8gb to successfully run Win 10 and the usual selection of programs effectively.

[CrapAtCryptics]

In addition it would slow the machine down significantly especially as a machine with that amount of RAM is likely to have a small HDD