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page file so other programs can load and run. If you have enough RAM to

run all your programs, Windows does not need to use the page file—

Windows brings the page file into play only when insufficient RAM is

available to run all open programs.

NOTE Virtual memory is a fully automated process and does not require

any user intervention. This is true of virtual memory in Windows, macOS,

and Linux.

To load, Program D needs a certain amount of free RAM. Clearly, this

requires unloading some other program (or programs) from RAM without

actually closing any programs. Windows looks at all running programs—in

this case A, B, and C—and decides which program is the least used. That

program is then cut out of or swapped from RAM and copied into the page

file. In this case, Windows has chosen Program B (see Figure 4-23).

Unloading Program B from RAM provides enough RAM to load Program D

(see Figure 4-24).

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